Negotiations are underway between Azerbaijan and the EU, Moscow, and Kyiv on supplying natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sept. 6 at the Cernobbio Forum in Italy Ukraine currently transits Russian gas to the EU as part of a deal signed in 2019, which is set to expire in December 2024. Russia cut much of its pipeline gas transit to Europe in 2022, but countries like Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia remain heavily reliant on Russian imports. The EU and Kyiv have said they would not seek an extension of the contract and would look for a different gas suppl…