KIEV, Jan. 25 - Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Ukraine and Turkmenistan may sign a long-term gas supply deal during Turkmen President Saparmurad Niyazov's visit to Ukraine in March.

"Talks are underway, and I have great hopes that in March, the Turkmen president will be in Ukraine and we will be able to sign an agreement [on gas supplies to Ukraine] until 2030 or 2032. We're proposing such an agreement," Yekhanurov said at a press conference in Odessa on Tuesday.