KIEV, Jan. 21 - The government on Friday shifted supervision over the planned building a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Black Sea to a special agency and away from the energy ministry.

The State Agency for Investments and Management of National Projects will now take over day-to-day supervision and management of the LNG terminal, the agency reported in a statement.

The shift lets the agency to focus exclusively on the project that President Viktor Yanukovych has earlier described as one of his top priorities for the next five years.