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Ukraine has proposed Qatar take part in the construction of an LNG terminal, Ukraine Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

"We proposed the Qatari side mull participation in the LNG terminal project, as well as gas supplies to Ukraine and participation in gas exploration and production in Ukraine," Azarov’s press secretary Vitaliy Lukyanenko told reporters in Doha on Wednesday, while commenting on the outcome of a meeting of Mykola Azarov with Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani.

According to Lukyanenko, the Qatar premier expressed interest in cooperation with Ukraine in the energy sector, particularly the development of gas fields in Ukraine.