Ukraine may eventually consider the idea of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan joining the gas consortium Kyiv hopes to set up to manage its gas pipelines, First Deputy Ukrainian Prime Minister Andrey Klyuyev said during a briefing today, Kazakhstan Today reported, citing UNIAN. At the same time, Klyuyev stressed that the idea was not currently being discussed.
“The issue has not been discussed…but anything can happen, everything depends on how the sides agree”, he said. On March 19, Klyuyev said the Ukrainian government was initiating the establishment of a tri-lateral gas consortium between Ukraine, Russia and the European Union with the possibility of later offering a concession on the pipeline.
