EU LOOKS SOUTH FOR ENERGY SECURITY BLANKET
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is casting around for a coherent policy on securing its external energy supplies, and while it is unsure of securing a solid deal with Russia, it is making ever more strident overtures to north Africa, the Caucasus and central Asia.
Negotiations have been launched with Russia over renewing the existing EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, a broad and diplomatic deal. Brussels wants a detailed chapter within on energy, especially as Russia is refusing to ratify the 1991 multilateral Energy Charter Treaty, ...
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