Ukraine and the EU have approached Azerbaijan to discuss supplying natural gas to Europe via Ukraine once an existing contract with Russia expires at the end of 2024, President Ilham Aliyev said. All sides — including Ukraine, the EU, and Russia — are interested in continuing gas transit, Aliyev said at a conference on July 20 in the city of Shusha, Bloomberg reported. “We will help if we can,” he said. “I think it’s possible to prolong this deal.” Kyiv is in talks to transit gas from Azerbaijan to the EU after the contract expires as it looks to continue being a transit country to Europe to h…