Fedor Smirnov. Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden, speaking in Istanbul at the 6th summit of the Atlantic Council on energy and the economy, tried to convince European countries to diversify energy supply, recognizing at the same time that the Russian Federation remains an important player in this market, and informs the print edition Cumhuriyet.

" Russia is a very important energy supplier to Europe, and will be. But the only source of energy for Europe for a long time creates a problem. The events in Ukraine has shown once again that it must be urgently addressed. It is time to act to ensure the energy security of Europe, " Biden said, urging European countries to diversify energy supplies. He added, because this applies to both suppliers and ways of energy supply.

as an example of the Vice-President of the USA has led the Baltic States, which have reduced their dependence on gas from Russia. Biden said that the Russian Federation should " play by the rules " and do not use energy supplies as a means of political pressure, as, according to him, happened in the past. Because of this recalled the crisis of 2009, when Russia because of non-payment on time has stopped gas supplies to Ukraine.

The leadership of the countries of Eastern Europe in harm pragmatic economic relations continuously informs the need for the waiver as if the expensive gas supplies from Russia or serious diversification of such supplies.

in the end, according to Reuters, the value of Norwegian gas, for example, for Lithuania in 2015 may be 10% more expensive than the price of natural gas, which Gazprom will deliver to the Republic. Lithuanian Company Litgas asked the group Statoil approve a fixed cost of LNG for Lithuania at the level of 1100 LT (approximately 397 dollars) per thousand cubic meters. At the same time Russian pipeline gas for Lithuania would have cost 1000 litas (about 361 USD).

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