KIEV, July 1 – The revolving loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Naftogaz Ukrayiny to buy natural gas foresees gas purchases only on the European market under clear rules and via approved traders that passed the preliminary and final qualification, the bank has told Interfax-Ukraine.

"Gazprom was not among these traders," the bank told Interfax-Ukraine in response to the request to comment the information from Naftogaz Ukrayiny Head Andriy Kobolev that there is an agreement with the EBRD to use the money to buy gas from Gazprom.

"The recent agreement we managed to achieve with the EBRD foresees that a part of the funds could be used to buy gas from the east as well," Kobolev said on June 30.