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SOUTH STREAM POSES THREAT TO UKRAINE'S NATIONAL INTERESTS - BOIKO
http://www.armenpress.am/eng/news/653882/
20:53, 27 May, 2011
The South Stream gas pipeline poses a threat to Ukraine's national
interests, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuri Boiko said on Friday.
He underlined that "Kiev will always oppose" the construction of the
gas pipeline that will pump gas under the Black Sea to Europe.
"The more efforts we take to modernize the country's gas pipeline
network, the less chances there will be for the implementation of
the South Stream project that is targeted at draining our pipeline
network," he said.
Boiko asserted that "the existing capacities of Ukraine' s gas pipeline
network provide opportunities for loading it with additional volumes
of the Russian gas to transit it to West and Central Europe without
expanding the network of main gas pipelines."
He noted that modernization of Ukraine's gas pipeline network under
support of the European Union will begin in the middle of June.
"Reconstruction works will begin at the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod
pipeline," he said.
Boiko assured that "Ukraine will further fulfil its partner obligations
and will remain a reliable country for the transit of Russian gas to
EU member-states."
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.armenpress.am/eng/news/653882/
20:53, 27 May, 2011
The South Stream gas pipeline poses a threat to Ukraine's national
interests, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuri Boiko said on Friday.
He underlined that "Kiev will always oppose" the construction of the
gas pipeline that will pump gas under the Black Sea to Europe.
"The more efforts we take to modernize the country's gas pipeline
network, the less chances there will be for the implementation of
the South Stream project that is targeted at draining our pipeline
network," he said.
Boiko asserted that "the existing capacities of Ukraine' s gas pipeline
network provide opportunities for loading it with additional volumes
of the Russian gas to transit it to West and Central Europe without
expanding the network of main gas pipelines."
He noted that modernization of Ukraine's gas pipeline network under
support of the European Union will begin in the middle of June.
"Reconstruction works will begin at the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod
pipeline," he said.
Boiko assured that "Ukraine will further fulfil its partner obligations
and will remain a reliable country for the transit of Russian gas to
EU member-states."
From: Baghdasarian