The European Union appreciates Iran as the likely gas exporter. With all of this, Brussels is looking for and other informants import gas in Central Asia.

"Iran is not the 1st place among values over the medium-term measures aimed at reducing dependence on deliveries of Russian gas... Iranian gas could actually effortless to get into Europe, in the political sense is a specific symbol of rapprochement between Tehran and the West, " said an anonymous source in the European Commission involved in the study of the EU energy strategy.

According to him, 2 conditions for the development of this initiative is the removal of the punishment of the EU and the emergence of infrastructure pipeline network - don't harm the EU to prepare for its implementation. According to the document for internal use by the EU, the high potential of gas production, reforms in the energy sector and the continuing normalization of relations with the West, Iran is doing the likely candidate of the Russian Federation.

Amongst other EU document States that Europe expects to see and other fresh informants import gas in Central Asia, according to RIA Novosti. The fear of the EU on the energy crisis associated with the freezing of relations with the Russian Federation on the background of the situation in Eastern Ukraine and the Crimea.

In late July, the EU and the United States from a point penalties against private individuals and firms have moved to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Moscow has restricted the import of food products from countries that used against her punishment: United States, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.
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