Russia may be invited to join Nabucco
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Hürriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 03, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - Lawmakers in the European Parliament are considering inviting Russia to join the European Union's Nabucco gas pipeline project, to avoid competition with rival projects sponsored by Moscow in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, Euractiv reported yesterday.
The proposal drafted by French Member of the European Parliament Anne Laperrouze, a strong supporter of Nabucco, is contained in a report on the EU's strategic energy review, which is due to be voted on today in the European Parliament.
In a statement, Laperrouze stressed the need to diversify potential suppliers as uncertainties mounted over the ability of Caspian countries to quickly fuel Nabucco with the necessary gas, "I advocate an approach geared to conciliation in dialogue with Russia, which supplies 42 percent of the EU's gas," she said. Instead of competing with Russia, she said the EU would have more chance of completing the Nabucco project with the help of Moscow.
"(The European Parliament) hopes, by way of example, that the Nabucco pipeline project will be carried out in cooperation with Russia in order to avoid competition between two gas pipelines," the report said.
In a statement, Laperrouze stressed the need to diversify potential suppliers as uncertainties mounted over the ability of Caspian countries to quickly fuel Nabucco with the necessary gas, "I advocate an approach geared to conciliation in dialogue with Russia, which supplies 42 percent of the EU's gas," she said. Instead of competing with Russia, she said the EU would have more chance of completing the Nabucco project with the help of Moscow.
"(The European Parliament) hopes, by way of example, that the Nabucco pipeline project will be carried out in cooperation with Russia in order to avoid competition between two gas pipelines," the report said.