KIEV, Feb. 19 - Ukraine and the European Union will discuss modernization of the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline network among other things at a summit on February 25, an official said Tuesday.

Yanukovych will lead a Ukrainian team for talks in Brussels and will meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.

Yevhen Perebiynis, an acting head of the information department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said modernization of gas pipelines will be one of the issue to be discussed.