Ukraine appreciates
consistency of the new Turkmen leadership, Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri
Boyko said, “Cabinet press office” reported.
"We try to be
useful for Turkmenistan, in the same manner as it is interested in cooperation
with Ukraine. Official statements by the new leadership of Turkmenistan prove
succession. It is very important for Ukraine. We are trying to build our
relations on the equal and strategic basis, and I believe we succeed in
this," the Minister said.
As Boyko noted,
Turkmenistan has been a strategic partner of Ukraine for a long time. Ukraine
receives Turkmen gas in the amount of 38 billion cu. m. annually, which is
about 50% of the state's demand. There are several scaled investment projects,
for instance, Ukraine is building a bridge over the Amu Darya River and an
irrigative water drain in the vicinity of Ashgabat. Ukraine takes part in
reconstruction of three compressor stations. The general cost of all investment
projects is some one billion USD.
Yuri Boyko also
expressed his hope that Ukraine could soon return to the issue of its
participation in developing carbohydrate fields in Turkmenistan. Ukraine has
received several proposals of gas and oil shelf extraction in Turkmenistan.
"But we have our own program of the Black Sea shelf and it
prevailed," he added.
