KIEV, July 9 – Odessa City Council is to call a new tender to select a strategic partner for the renovation of the municipally owned Odessa International Airport.

At a session on July 7, the council cancelled the results of the previous tender, held in January 2009, which was won by Gepard Plus Ltd., a council representative told Interfax-Ukraine.

As earlier reported with reference to Odessa Airport Director General Svitlana Pustylnikova, the airport has suspended cooperation with Gepard Plus Ltd., as the company had not fully confirmed its financial obligations.