APA: Ukraine, Slovakia sign gas supply deal

Ukraine has signed an agreement on gas supplies with Slovakia, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said here Wednesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

"We have signed the agreement and sent it to Slovakia," Stavytsky told reporters without giving details about the deal, which was inked by Ukrtransgaz, the transport arm of the state-run Naftogaz firm, and Slovak pipeline operator Eustream. 

According to the deal, Kiev could buy natural gas on the European spot market and annually import at least 10 billion cubic meters of gas through Slovakia.  MORE