Ukraine is interested in preserving the volumes of gas transit to Europe at 120 billion cubic meters a year and is ready to establish a consortium to increase the volume to 200 billion cubic meters a year, said President Viktor Yanukovych.
"We are interested in maintaining a minimum volume flow of gas through the Ukrainian gas transport system in Europe at 120 billion cubic meters ... If you talk about increasing the volume of flow in the interest of the European Union and the Russian Federation, we are going to consider this project" - said Yanukovych.
However, the head of state said that "we have proposed this idea, and say that the possibility is - gradually increase the volume of supplies to Europe to 200 bcm.
In addition, the President spoke about the modernization of Ukraine's GTS - it can take place in three stages.
According to him, the first phase to be built Bogorodchany-Uzhgorod, the second includes the upgrading of the existing CTA without termination of transit.
Already in the third phase, explained Yanukovych, could be the construction of additional branches of the pipeline parallel to existing ones.
At the same time, according to the president, the full implementation of the project will require ten years. In the first phase will take 2-3 years, 3-4 in the second year.
As reported in January-April this year, the transit of natural gas from Russia through the territory of Ukraine grew by 54,7% compared to the same period in 2009. Adapted from: Interfax-Ukraine
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