Gas transport system will remain the property of Ukraine. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov stressed this in an exclusive interview with the BBC Ukrainian Service that he gave while on a visit to Luxembourg.
Answering the question if "the gas pipe remains in Ukrainian hands," Azarov said: "We have been talking openly
and
honestly for many years and earlier, being in power, and then in
opposition,
and again now: we offer the EU and
also Russia to determine the amount of gas
transit. Europe must give
guarantees to
Russia that it will buy Russian gas, and Russia must give guarantees
to us that
these volumes of gas will be pumped and transported via our gas transport system, not bypass transport routes that will make our system unnecessary.
We should
obtain such guarantees. In exchange for these assurances, we are ready
to
consider the participation of the EU and Russia in the management and
modernization of Ukraine's GTS."
In addition, Azarov noted that Ukraine despite the difficult financial
situation would prevent the bankruptcy of "Naftogaz
of
Ukraine."
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