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Ukraine wants to see a fair court process in the appeal of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko against her sentence in the gas case, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.

"We want to see a fair process, so that Mrs. Tymoshenko is able to defend her position in detail," the premier wrote on his page on Facebook on Friday, May 18.

"The Ukrainian side is open – we don’t have any secrets, [and] this is why we think that participation of qualified experts [European lawyers] will prevent there being speculation over this criminal case," he added.