
PRAGUE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Negotiations over disputed gas contracts cannot resume because there has been no relevant response from the Ukrainian side, Gazprom's (GAZP.MM) export head Alexander Medvedev said in Prague on Saturday.
Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Ukraine on Jan. 1, and the impact has been felt in some European Union members like Hungary and Romania.
Talks between the two sides broke off on Dec. 31, and Ukraine's Naftogaz called on Gazprom on Saturday to return to the negotiating table.
"We are doing it, regularly inviting them (Ukraine) to come, but they are not coming," Medvedev said before meeting government officials of the Czech Republic, current holder of the EU's rotating presidency.
"It is an absolutely unacceptable position ... We do not have anybody to speak with."
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