Yanukovych plans to discuss gas price issue with Medvedev in Dushanbe - Azarov
KYIV. Sept 2 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych plans to discuss the gas price issue with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting in Dushanbe, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.
"The president of Ukraine departed for Dushanbe for a CIS summit today. He will meet with the Russian president, and this theme will be brought up once again," Azarov told journalists in Kyiv on Friday.
Ukraine would like to hold negotiations with Russia to adjust the volume of gas it will need in 2012 and terms and conditions of gas transfer across Ukraine, he said.
The Ukrainian government has sent a letter to the Russian government to set out its reasons for holding negotiations on gas, Azarov said.
"We have every reason to invite Russia to hold negotiations in line with the [2004] intergovernmental agreement to adjust the volume of gas supply for 2012 and terms and conditions of gas supply and transfer," he said.