KIEV, Oct. 19 - The existing Ukrainian gas transportation system belongs only to the Ukrainian people, and an international consortium can be established only for building new gas pipelines, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Oleh Dubyna said.

"My position on this issue is unchanged: what exists in the country [the gas transportation system] is owned by the Ukrainian people. If you want to build something new, you are welcome. We are prepared to build it together with you. Fifty-fifty, or somehow else, depending on who invests what," Dubyna said in an interview published in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) publication.