Kyiv Post: Azarov: Nord, South Streams not alternative to Ukraine's gas transportation system

The Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) remains the most reliable and cheapest gas transit route to Europe, despite the construction of the Nord Stream and South Stream gas pipelines, said Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

"Neither Nord, nor South Streams offer any alternative to our GTS. We still have 150 billion (cubic meters of gas per year) of throughput capacity, this is the most reliable and cheapest transit route to Europe, and we are ready to ensure its reliable operation," Azarov said at a meeting with members of the EU-Ukraine international club of parliamentarians and experts in Kyiv on Thursday.  MORE