Sochi – Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that the idea of merging National JSC Naftogaz Ukrainy and Russian gas giant Gazprom was not discussed during talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's, the press secretary of the Ukrainian premier Vitaliy Lukyanenko said.
"The idea of uniting Naftogaz and Gazprom was not discussed. Putin expressed it in an impromptu way. Well, we’ll consider the impromptu and study specific proposals," Vitaliy Lukyanenko quoted Azarov as saying at a press conference in Sochi on Friday.
Putin said earlier: "We have spoken about integration in the nuclear industry. The same can be done in the gas industry. I suggest merging Gazprom and [Naftogaz] Ukrainy."
