NOVI SOROCHYNTSI (Poltava region), Aug. 18 - President Viktor Yushchenko considers it a priority for the Ukrainian government to preserve the current Russian-Ukrainian gas agreements.

"I believe that, in one or two months, we will understand that, if Ukraine wisely evaluates this contract from both the economic and political points of view, and God help us prolong it for several more years, it would be the most promising policy for this sector for years ahead," Yushchenko told journalists on Friday during his visit to the Sorochyntsi fair in Poltava region.