DJ RT reports that
Slovakia
and
Ukraine
have
reached agreement on the basis for a memorandum that will provide for natural
gas supplies to
Ukraine
through the Slovak gas pipeline system in the future, citing the CTK news
agency.
Eustream company, which operates the transit gas pipeline in
Slovakia
will
now wait for
Ukraine
's
position "..on organization issues and the date for signing of the
documents," spokesman Vahram Chuguryan said. As technical problems with
the pipeline still need to be resolved, Slovak daily Hospodárske noviny quoted
Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky as saying that
Ukraine
would
sign the document this week.