ASTANA, January 11 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday that the Russian-Ukrainian natural gas agreement had been drafted professionally and his country would honor its commitments to both Russia and the West.
"Ukraine will not violate a single letter of our agreements with either Russia or [our] Western partners," he said before adding that the Ukrainian parliament's decision to dismiss the government Tuesday had not been connected with the gas agreement.
Speaking after talks with Vladimir Putin, Yushchenko said the issue should not be politicized because that would endanger "the excellent result" that had been achieved. The president was referring to the interim agreement that put an end to a bitter dispute between the two countries under which Ukraine will buy natural gas at $95 per 1,000 cubic meters for the next six months.
