The US will negotiate with the EU on the reduction of gas imports from Russia
Washington will work to ensure that the EU has reduced gas imports from Russia, said Deputy assistant to the President for national security Ben Rhodes.
" We're going to work closely with our European allies about how important it is to diversify the energy resources in the short and long term, to modernize their infrastructure and to limit the ability of Russia to use energy as a tool of political influence. I expect it will be discussed and in Poland at the meeting of Eastern and Central European countries, and at the meeting of G7, " said Rhodes, RIA " Novosti ". The head of the USA Barack Obama will be visiting Poland, Brussels and Paris, from 2 to 6 June. Rhodes added that recently the US has taken a number of steps to facilitate the licensing and export gas to the European Union." We regard this as part of the total energy picture of Europe, the European diversification, " said Rhodes. First it was claimed that in the discussion on sanctions against Russia " group of seven " have agreed on the problem of reducing energy dependence on Russia and prepare a support plan for Ukraine in case of interruption of gas supplies in winter. Later the media reported that the EU has developed a strategy to reduce dependence on Russia. Developed by the European Commission document concerns not only gas, but also oil, petroleum products and nuclear fuel, has a clear anti-Russian orientation, but does not contain almost no new recipes. However, on 22 may, the European Commission said that the EU has always been a reliable market for natural gas from Russia, and expressed the hope that the gas agreement with Russia and China will not damage relations between Russia and the EU in this field.
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