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BRUSSELS - Ukraine is ready at any moment to start negotiations with Russia with the participation of the EU on the so called "summer" package of agreements on gas supplies, which will have to replace the current "winter" package.

Board chairman of Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolev said at a conference in Brussels organized by the European Policy Centre that despite this fact he would not start making forecast for the course of negotiations.

“The previous experience shows that this took six months,” he said.

The Naftogaz head noted that the talks would depend primarily on the position of Russia.