Deal to ease EU reliance on Russian gas

The European Union has broken through in efforts to lessen its dependence on Russian natural gas with a concrete offer of extra supplies from Turkmenistan. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU External Relations Commissioner, said the Turkmen President had guaranteed, April 2008, that 10bn cubic metres of gas a year would be available for the EU.

BBC News, 14.4.08: EU secures Turkmenistan gas deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7347051.stm

Website: Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/

European Commission: DG External Relations: Countries: The EU and Turkmenistan http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/turkmenistan/index_en.htm

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