KIEV, May 7 - Ukraine wants five years to pass before European gas prices are imposed and will suggest that 15-year contracts are signed at transit and gas supply talks with Russia's Gazprom.

"The government wants 15-year contracts," Oleh Dubyna, the Naftogaz CEO, told reporters in Kiev.

Dubyna said he'd like to see five years pass before European prices are imposed for Ukraine, and for the 2008 price of $179.5 per thousand cubic meters to be raised by a fixed amount in the meantime.