By Kate Abnett, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Julia Payne

(Reuters) -The EU is sticking to its deadline to phase out Russian oil and gas imports by 2028, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on Thursday after a meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

The EU is negotiating legal proposals to completely phase out imports of Russian oil and gas by January 1, 2028, with a ban on short-term contracts kicking in from next year, but it also faces pressure from the United States to end Russian energy imports sooner.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday the EU was considering a faster phase-out of Russian fossil fuels as part of new sanctions against Moscow.

EU officials were in Washington earlier this week to discuss sanctions, but Jorgensen said that san

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