Yanukovych does not exclude the sale of part of the "Naftogaz" to foreign investors

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych did not exclude the possibility of selling part of Naftogaz Ukraine NAC. At a meeting of the leading council of the Ukrainian Committee on Economic Reforms, he explained the goals of the energy strategy for the development of Ukraine: it should include a set of measures for reliable provision of consumers by natural gas and oil refining products, Interfax reports.

“To obtain this result, we need to attract funds in foreign and domestic markets to ensure financial stabilization of NAK NAK“ Naftogaz of Ukraine ”and the implementation of investment projects of the company, create a transparent and effective vertically integrated company on its basis. If you need to apply for this and sell a certain part of the shares on international exchanges, this must be made,” the President of Ukraine said.

In turn, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov said in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard that after the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, it will remain in Ukraine.

“If someone wants to take part in modernization, then we will sit down at the negotiating table and establish in what share. But in any case, the management will be carried out by Ukraine and it will remain in the property of our country,” Azarova quoted Newsru.ua .

In 2011, international financial organizations will provide Ukraine for the modernization of the gas transmission system, said the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuri Boyko. “By the end of the year, we will receive the first money and begin modernization,” he said.

The minister recalled that the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline will be a priority project for modernization.

The European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Plonger directly connects the financing of the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transmission system (UNC) with the presence of gas for pumping to Europe. "The modernization of the gas transmission system does not make sense if there is no gas, and gas comes from Russia," he told reporters on January 25. The squinting mentioned two projects - Nord Stream and South Stream - pipelines that will be laid bypassing Ukraine.