New Naftogaz head planning to visit Gazprom soon

17:49, 26.03.2014 1 min read

The newly appointed management board chairman of Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy, Andriy Kobolev, is planning to visit Moscow soon to hold talks with Russian gas giant Gazprom, Kobolev said at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.

He said a visit to Moscow was one of his goals, adding: "I must hear the position of the Russian side."

Kobolev did not say what the price of gas would be for the Ukrainian state holding in the second quarter or how much Russian gas was planned for import in 2014.

A price of $268.5 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas is currently in place for Ukraine including a falling coefficient and a discount set in the Kharkov agreements, he said.

A set of issues would be formed soon that are to be discussed during the Moscow visit, he said.