EU in quest to secure Middle East gas supplies

The EU is keen to secure gas supplies for its flagship Nabucco pipeline from countries in the Mashreq region, which includes Iraq, Jordan and Syria. Meanwhile Russia's participation in Nabucco, which skirts Russian territory, has effectively been ruled out.EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner ,on Monday, 5 May, met with representatives from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to discuss gas pipeline ...

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