MOSCOW, April 12 (Reuters) – Russia is ready to continue ‌supplying gas to the ‌European Union if there are volumes ​remaining after supplies to alternative markets, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Sunday.

“There ‌is plenty ⁠of it for now. But alternative markets ⁠are very voracious, there are a great many requests ​for supplies,” ​Kremlin spokesman ​Dmitry Peskov ‌was quoted as saying.

However, Europe will find a way to buy gas even if Russia does not supply it, ‌Peskov said.

“There are ​so many gas ​liquefaction ​plants, both in Europe ‌and in the ​Middle East, ​that this process, this spot market, functions like a ​living ‌organism,” Peskov added.

(Reporting by ​ReutersEditing by Bernadette Baum ​and David Goodman)