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Ukraine has signed gas agreement with Turkmenistan - Plachkov(Interfax News Agency Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)KYIV. Dec 27 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov has dismissed information in the media that Ukraine and Turkmenistan have failed to sign an agreement on gas deliveries for 2006. "The contract has been signed, sealed and delivered to Ukraine. All documents are in my suitcase," he told journalists on Tuesday in Kyiv. The price set in the contract is "mutually beneficiary and very acceptable for Ukraine," he said. The volumes of Turkmen gas to be exported according to the contract are enough to cover Ukraine's gas balance, the minister said. Asked whether Ukraine may cover a possible gas deficit with Turkmen gas, the minister answered negatively, adding that Uzbek and Kazakh gas transportation systems cannot provide for transit exceeding the volumes stated in the contract. ar md |