KIEV, Feb. 2 – Gazprom must submit a response by October 9 to the claim initiated earlier by Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrainy in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) in a dispute arising from the contracts on natural gas shipments and transit dated back to 2009, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers said.

"According to the arbitration procedure schedule, which was adopted by members of the tribunal on April 30, 2015, the company [Naftogaz Ukrainy] has filed a claim in the arbitration dispute V2014/129. The defendant [Gazprom] must submit a review on the claim by October 9, 2016," the report prepared in the Ukrainian government and published on Tuesday says.