OREANDA-NEWS. November 01, 2010. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov is optimistic about the prospects for a joint venture of JSC Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukraine. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov stated that in the "Exam for authority" at the First National Channel.

Meanwhile Mykola Azarov considers that negotiations for a JV is not active: "I cannot say "impeded", "stoped". "I can only say one thing: they are not as much advanced as negotiations in other areas."

According to the Prime Minister's opinion, this is primarily due to difficulties constituent of the JV: "If our side is clear about what we can make, then they are confused. We would like to have amounts of gas that could be the assets of the JV."

However, Mykola Azarov said that he is optimistic about the outcome of negotiations on joint venture: "I want to tell you that now for that optimism a good political basis, trust between managers, between the president, government and understanding of the problem should be resolved based on the principles of mutual benefit is important. One cannot, at some point reaching benefits, use these benefits on other stages. This gives me enough reason to optimistically assess the possibility of establishing joint venture.