OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2009. Ukraine is interested in participation of Japanese corporations in modernization of Ukrainian gas transport system of Ukraine.

The Head of Ukrainian Government stressed during a working lunch with heads of leading Japanese corporations and chairmanship of the Committee for Business Cooperation with Ukraine of Japanese Business Association Keidanren.

Yulia Tymoshenko reminded on Monday in Brussels the declaration on modernization and reconstruction of Ukrainian gas transport system was signed. At this, the Prime Minister expressed hopes the leading Japanese corporations would partake in the project on modernization of the GTS.

“We have an opportunity to modernize the gas transport system of Ukraine with attraction of Japanese corporations,” the head of Government emphasized.