KIEV, Oct. 17 - A recent resolution by the government has reinstated Ihor Voronin as a deputy chairman at Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the state oil and gas company, a government spokesman said Monday.

Voronin, the key negotiator of natural gas imports from Turkmenistan, was dismissed by the government??™s resolution on Jun 26. The Friday resolution cancelled the previous resolution, thus reinstating Voronin, the spokesman said.