"The talks are progressing in accordance with the agreed plan." Ukraine's
state-run oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny said its chairman Oleh Dubyna
will arrive in Moscow Tuesday to continue talks with Russian gas giant
Gazprom. A Naftogaz spokesman said "financial issues" have been resolved, but
declined to confirm whether the company's debt for gas supplies due on Monday
was paid in full.
"The demonstration of political will in our view needs to be expressed
also in terms of improved effective law enforcement with integrity that
ensures that all identified highly placed persons engaged in sponsoring
violence for economic and political reasons are dealt with according to the
law." The steering committee set up by Nigeria to prepare the ground for a
peace summit on the troubled Niger Delta, has recommended that detained
militant leader Henry Okah be released on bail, the chairman of the committee,
Ledum Mitee said Tuesday.
Updated: December 2, 2008
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