KIEV, Oct. 21 - Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny urged Slovakian gas shipper Eurstream to work together to increase capacity for imports of European gas to Ukraine, the company reported Tuesday.

The proposal comes almost two months after Ukraine began massive imports of European gas via a Slovakian pipeline in a bid to reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies.

The Vojany-Uzhgorod pipeline, which has a capacity of 27 million cubic meters of gas per day, or about 10 billion cubic meters of gas annually, was put in operation in early September. It is currently the largest route for Ukraine’s gas imports.