German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need for further diversification of energy supplies and reduce dependence of the EU on imports.

" The situation in Ukraine in particular stressed the need to ensure energy security for our country and for Europe, " she said, speaking at the meeting in the Bundestag with the statement at the beginning of the summit of heads of state and governments of the forum " Asia-Europe ". The summit opened on 16 October in Milan.

According to Merkel, the summit participants will talk about how to improve the supply of European and German energy resources." This is correct, our energy sources and transport routes must be diversified in the future to reduce our dependence on imports, " she said.

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