KIEV, June 22 – Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko will visit Italy on Wednesday, June 23, to discuss issues of gas transit through Ukraine to Europe, ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn, said at a press briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

He noted that during his visit, Hryschenko was planning to convince the country's leadership that the Ukrainian gas transportation system was and would be the most reliable route for Russian gas transit to European Union countries.