KIEV, Aug. 22 - Talks on Venezuelan oil shipments are to be held during President Viktor Yanukovych's upcoming visit to Venezuela, an informed source told Interfax.

A tentative agreement on Venezuelan oil exports to Ukraine and on oil extraction by Ukrainian companies was reached during Yanukovych's talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Kyiv on October 20 2010. The Ukrainian president's return visit was being planned for early 20101 but it was rescheduled for the autumn for various reasons.