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Ukraine is in talks with Turkmenistan on the possibility of being directly supplied with Turkmen gas, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko has said.

"We are continuing a dialogue in this connection," he told journalists in Kyiv on Tuesday, when asked what amount of Turkmen gas could be supplied to Ukraine.

Boiko also said that Russian gas transit through Ukraine in 2012 would reach 100 billion cubic meters.

While commenting on the reported decrease in the volume of gas transit through Ukraine by 12%, the minister said: "Our gas transport system is currently operating at full capacity."