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Declaration on implementation of Adriatic Gas Corridor is initiated
28.10.2013 10:44 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As to Government Portal, on October 25, in Brussels, within the framework of the European Council, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Eduard Stavytsky initiated on behalf of the Government of Ukraine Tripartite Declaration with the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of Hungary on the project implementation of Adriatic Gas Corridor, which is supported by the European Commission. The object of the gas supplying has become LNG terminal that Croatia intends to construct on the Island of Krk in the Adriatic Sea (Adria LNG).
Declaration was initiated in order to increase energy security, further integration of energy systems, diversification of natural gas supplies, creating new opportunities for regional economic development through energy infrastructure and energy markets, promote the proper functioning of the European energy market.
According to the European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, initiating and subsequent approval of the Joint Ukrainian-Hungarian-Croatian Declaration on the establishment of the Adriatic Gas Corridor will be important to the success of the summit in Vilnius because energy is one of the most powerful locomotives of Ukraine’s European integration.
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