Russia’s Minister for Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev expects the
situation around suspended construction of the South Stream gas pipeline
will be settled, saying this is against the interests of European
consumers.
“The South Stream is first of all in the best interests of European consumers,” the minister told a news conference on Tuesday.
On June 2, the European Commission announced its plans to suspend the South Stream project in EU countries, first of all in Bulgaria, saying it contravened the norms of the Third Energy Package.
Besides, the European Commission (EC) suspected Bulgaria of favouring Russian and Bulgarian bidders in the tender for South Stream construction, Sabine Berger, spokeswoman for EU Energy Commissioner Gunter Oettinger, said.
Berger's statement followed hard on heels of the statement to the European Commission by Ukraine's parliament-appointed Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. He urged the EU to block South Stream claiming that Ukraine was a reliable transit country, which had been meeting its obligations.
South Stream is an infrastructure project of the Russian gas holding Gazprom, a direct pipeline with a 63 billion cubic meters capacity through the Black Sea to Europe bypassing Ukraine, thus guaranteeing uninterrupted Russian gas export supplies.
Note EU-Digest: the EU's immediate priority should be to become energy independent as soon as possible. If not, dependency on the supplies of energy from other countries will become not only an economic burden, but also a major political liability.
Read more: ITAR-TASS: Economy - South Stream built first of all for European consumers, minister says
“The South Stream is first of all in the best interests of European consumers,” the minister told a news conference on Tuesday.
On June 2, the European Commission announced its plans to suspend the South Stream project in EU countries, first of all in Bulgaria, saying it contravened the norms of the Third Energy Package.
Besides, the European Commission (EC) suspected Bulgaria of favouring Russian and Bulgarian bidders in the tender for South Stream construction, Sabine Berger, spokeswoman for EU Energy Commissioner Gunter Oettinger, said.
Berger's statement followed hard on heels of the statement to the European Commission by Ukraine's parliament-appointed Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. He urged the EU to block South Stream claiming that Ukraine was a reliable transit country, which had been meeting its obligations.
South Stream is an infrastructure project of the Russian gas holding Gazprom, a direct pipeline with a 63 billion cubic meters capacity through the Black Sea to Europe bypassing Ukraine, thus guaranteeing uninterrupted Russian gas export supplies.
Note EU-Digest: the EU's immediate priority should be to become energy independent as soon as possible. If not, dependency on the supplies of energy from other countries will become not only an economic burden, but also a major political liability.
Read more: ITAR-TASS: Economy - South Stream built first of all for European consumers, minister says
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