KYIV, Jan 30 – Exact dates for the start of hearing a lawsuit of minority shareholders in public joint-stock company Ukrnafta against Ukraine in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce would be known by March 2018, Justice Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko has said.

"I think that by March 2018 the concrete dates for hearings will be selected: autumn or the end of this year," he told Interfax-Ukraine.

"We cannot disclose the state of affairs at this stage. We are actively preparing for the court hearing," the minister said.