KYIV, Feb 9 - The Ukrainian government expects on February 21-22 to hold first consultations with potential partners in managing the gas transportation system (GTS), Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion reported.

"We will conduct first interviews with those companies that sent their offers to Ukraine on February 21-22. We have about seven interested partners, two of whom are well-known gas consortia in Europe. Belgium, France, Holland, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Romania, Greece and Germany expressed their interest in the joint management of the national gas transportation system," he wrote on his Facebook page.