MEPS CALL FOR TRILATERAL DEAL TO HEAD OFF FUTURE RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS CRISES
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has called for the forging of a trilateral deal between the European Union (EU), Ukraine and Russia, which would "secure gas supply from Russia via Ukraine to the EU in the coming years."
A comprehensive energy strategy overwhelmingly approved by MEPs also proposed the writing of an "energy security clause" in future trade, association, partnership and cooperation agreements with any gas producer and transit countries. This would "prohibit any supply disruption due to commercial disputes". ...
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