Europe must wean itself off Russian gas and look to places like the Caspian Sea or the Middle East for alternative supplies, as the conflict in Ukraine underscores the importance of energy independence, parliamentarians from NATO nations were told Sunday. Europe needs to diversify gas routes, sources, and suppliers. And if anything, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine has made this even clearer, Turkish deputy Osman Askin Bak told members of the NATO Parliamentary Assemblys Science and Technology Committee. A report authored by Bak and adopted by the committee on Science and Technology said that besides the need to seek its energy elsewhere, Europe must complete the interconnection of its national energy networks and link them to transit countries, of which Ukraine is one.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:34:06 +0000
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