Energy and coal industry minister of Ukraine Eduard Stavytsky denied information of official representative of "Gazprom" Sergei Kupriyanov that Ukraine and Russia did not negotiate on price reduction for Russian gas, he told a press briefing, answering journalists' questions, ForUm correspondent reports.
"I want to note that we are always not just in the negotiation process but in the working process between the two companies "Naftogaz Ukraine"and "Gazprom". So the issue and comments that there we are not in talks do not correspond to reality," he said.
At the same time, the minister said that the draft budget for next year will include the gas price from the contract of 2008.
