KIEV, April 12 - Lithuania may import electricity from Ukraine if the Baltic country finds this more economical than expanding its own generating capacity, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas announced on Thursday.

Lithuania is considering building new generating facilities as a way to plug an electricity shortfall that will be caused by the planned closure of its nuclear power plant in Ignalina in 2009, Kirkilas told a joint news conference with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych after the two premiers held talks earlier on Thursday.