KIEV, Feb. 23 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny will send a team to Tashkent before March 10 to meet with the top management of Uzbekneftegaz to discuss opportunities to boost Uzbek gas supplies to Ukraine.

First Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Vadym Chuprun said this to journalists in Kiev on Friday.

In his words, deputy chairmen of the Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Uzbekneftegaz boards held a meeting during a recent visit of Uzbek Premier Shavkat Mirziyayev to Kiev.