The EC and Ukraine at a meeting on gas in Brussels on the last working day of the week were not prepared to provide detailed data on the availability of funds, which Naftogaz may be directed to the purchase of gas from Russia, said the Minister of energy Alexander Novak.

"This issue was not discussed in detail, as the parties were not prepared to give full details of the resources that can provide the purchase of gas. For this reason, we agreed for a certain period of time this situation will be considered by the Ukrainian side and the EC, " said Novak in the interview to a TV channel.

Speaking about Ukraine's IMF loan Novak said that these funds are not tied to the purchase of gas, they are designed For the needs of the economy in General.

The head of Ministry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn, on the last working day of the week, after the tripartite meeting said that "Naftogaz" ready to upload over the summer in UGS 19 billion cubic meters of gas. For the purchase of this fuel will require a substantial amount of money, and then Ukraine hopes on the EU. The story is about the amount of 800 million to 1 billion dollars, calculated Demchyshyn.

anyway, in the General statement of the parties following the meeting, the role of the EU in search of money on gas For Ukraine marked very vague: "the European Commission will look at the possibilities of how she will be able to exert maximum efforts To assist Ukraine in finding adequate financial support For the purchase of gas."

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