Min: Ukraine in talks on long-term gas purchases from US

KIEV, Mar 4 (PRIME) -- Ukraine is in negotiations with the U.S. on long-term imports of large volumes of natural gas, Energy and Environment Minister Alexei Orzhel told newswire Unian in an interview released on Wednesday.

“We have been recently considering the possibility of long-term gas imports from the U.S… I think it is the right and adequate thing to sign a 10- or 20-year contract of such kind,” Orzhel said.

“Yes, the portfolio is being formed. It is a geopolitical document and energy security for us. Its fulfillment is planned through infrastructure of Poland.”

Ukraine ceased gas purchases from Russia in November 2015. The supply and transit contracts between Russia and Ukraine expired at the end of 2019.

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