Potocnik Regrets The Talks on Energy Have Not Started

Brussels, 30 September - The head of the Slovene negotiating team, Janez Potocnik, expressed regret that the 15-nation bloc removed the negotiations on energy with six front-runners for the EU from the agenda of today's talks. Potocnik is attending a meeting with the EU negotiating team in Brussels. The decision not to start talks on energy today was taken on Wednesday after the EU members failed to come up with a common negotiating position due to Austria's different opinion on the issue