Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs recalls European commitment to Nabucco project in a conference held in Budapest

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has recalled the strong European commitment to the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline, a project that will supply gas from new suppliers to central Europe. In a speech delivered in a conference held on 14 September 2007 with the support of the Hungarian government, Commissioner Piebalgs underlined that Nabucco was the only gas project among the four energy priority projects that were to benefit from a co-ordinator. In fact, the newly appointed Nabucco’s co-ordinator, Jozias van Aartsen, was also present in the conference. “This conference organised in Budapest shows that Europe is united in its determination to go ahead with this key project, which will boost our efforts to diversify our supply sources and our supply routes of gas”, said Commissioner Piebalgs.

European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/07/531 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/531&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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