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Yatseniuk: Ukraine hopes to increase volume of reverse gas supplies from EU to 14 milliard cm
06.02.2015 18:19 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
"Within the last year Ukraine could get from eight up to ten milliard cubic meters of gas via reverse flow - but within this year we hope to increase this volume up to 14 milliard cubic meters," Government Portal reports quoting the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk as speaking at a briefing following the meeting with the Head of the Government of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico and negotiations of the governmental delegations of Ukraine and Slovakia on Friday, 6 Feb.
As to the report, Yatseniuk reminded that his previous meeting with Robert Fico had happened during the launching ceremony of the pipeline «Vojani-Uzhgorod» in the town of Velke Kapusany in Slovakia.
Reportedly, Yatseniuk also told in Jan 2015 Ukraine had purchased more gas in Slovakia than in Russia. The total volume of gas supply for the month was 1 milliard cubic meters.
Besides, the PM said that the price of the gas which Ukraine buys from Slovak partners and Europe, is down against the price of the gas which is receives from the Russian Federation.
However, the Head of Ukrainian Government emphasized the need not only to increase the volume of reverse flow, «but, in general, to change the energy map of Europe».
Besides, he reminded that Ukraine had decided to give European and American companies access to the Ukrainian gas transportation system.
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