This was announced by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány following his meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko in Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region. We are negotiating on a small part of these facilities all of which allow for storage of 30 billion cu. m of gas as proposed by President Yushchenko. We are discussing a tentative storage volume of up to 1 billion cu. m of gas, Gyurcsány said at the press-conference following the meeting. He underlined that the Hungarian side contemplates the possibility of using the Ukrainian gas storage facilities on a commercial basis. The Hungarian government, according to Gyurcsány, supports the Hungarian Power Companies Ltd. in this issue and is ready to prepare and sign a relevant intergovernmental agreement with Ukraine. (nrcu.gov.ua)



