KIEV, Oct. 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is inviting interested companies to use available gas transportation capacity reserved by the company at the Budintse metering station on the Ukrainian-Slovak border, the state oil and gas company said on Tuesday.

"Naftogaz is inviting companies wanting to import natural gas from Europe to Ukraine along the Slovak route to request discussion of conditions for the use of available capacity. Naftogaz is prepared to offer suppliers a flexible mechanism of cooperation depending on the volumes and timetables of gas supplies," the company said.