DJ RT reports that Slovakia and Ukraine have
reached agreement on the basis for a memorandum that will provide for natural
gas supplies to Ukrainethrough the Slovak gas pipeline system in the future, citing the CTK news
agency.
Eustream company, which operates the transit gas pipeline in Slovakia will
now wait for Ukraine's
position "..on organization issues and the date for signing of the
documents," spokesman Vahram Chuguryan said. As technical problems with
the pipeline still need to be resolved, Slovak daily Hospodárske noviny quoted
Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky as saying that Ukraine would
sign the document this week.
(Dow Jones)
