KIEV, Nov. 16 - Ukraine and Russia will sign an agreement next week covering natural gas supplies and prices in 2008, Ukraine’s top negotiator on the issue told President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday.

Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko, who held talks with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller in Moscow on Thursday, met Yushchenko in Kiev on Friday to report on the progress, according to the presidential press service.