Ukraine to buy coal from Donbas mines only if they are re-registered on Kyiv-controlled territory - Yatseniuk

16:36, 30.12.2014 1 min read

Kyiv agrees to buy coal from government-owned mines located within the anti-terrorist operation area in eastern Ukraine only on the condition that they are re-registered on a territory controlled by Kyiv, says Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

"What a possible decision can be? Government-owned mines [must] get re-registered in Kyiv and only with banks controlled by Kyiv, state banks. Payments for coal [will be made] only upon the shipment of this coal," Yatseniuk said. "The salaries [must be] paid only by transferring money to mine workers' [bank] card accounts," Yatseniuk said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry is working on these options of coal purchases from the ATO operation area, he said.