The deal under negotiation for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries from the US to the EU is expected to focus on US President Joe Biden with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyentoday at Brussels.
The agreement is part of Europe’s effort to reduce and end its energy dependence on Russia in the future.
Immediately after the meeting, the American president is going to travel to Poland, the country that has received the most Ukrainian refugees.
The United States has draw up a procurement plan with an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the end of 2022. The agreement aims to help the EU reduce its dependence on Russian gas, with the bloc struggling to reduce Russian imports by 2/3 this year.
THE Layen he said in Moscow yesterday that he would no longer be able to use energy to blackmail the Old Continent.
He made it clear that Russia would not be allowed to demand payment in rubles for hydrocarbons, as announced by Moscow, as this would be tantamount to circumventing sanctions.
“It simply came to our notice then decision, and a clear violation of the convention “, Ursula von der Layen underlined.
“It would be an attempt to circumvent the sanctions. We will not allow our sanctions to be circumvented. “The era of energy that could be used to blackmail us is over,” he said.
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