KYIV, July 23 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny hopes for negotiations with European companies on booking capacities of the gas transportation system (GTS) of Ukraine following the agreements reached by the United States and Germany on promoting the preservation of the Ukrainian transit route, Head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko has stated.

"We are still waiting for real negotiations with the companies. First of all, we are interested in negotiations not so much with Gazprom, but with European companies, which should be able to book the capacities of the Ukrainian GTS for transit to Europe," he said at a briefing following his visit to Washington.