The Ukrainian government has signed and sent to Slovakia a draft agreement on reverse natural gas supplies from that country, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky has said.

"We signed it [the document] and sent it to Slovakia," he said in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Stavytsky did not disclose any other details concerning the signing of such an agreement.

As reported, Ukraine stopped buying natural gas under reverse routes through Poland and Hungary after the price of Russian gas was reduced.