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Nabucco project to be discussed at the EU energy summit on May 7 in Prague

10 February 2009 16:32 (UTC +04:00)

Strasburgâ€“APA. The European Union could announce a decision on the Nabucco gas project in ist energy security summit on May 7, the EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said on Tuesday, APA reports. The EU is backing the 7.9 billion euro Nabucco pipeline, which would carry Caspian gas across Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to an Austrian distribution hub. The summit has not yet been officially announced, but Piebalgs confirmed it would take place on May 7 in the Czech Republic, which has made energy security one of its main tasks during its six-month stint holding the EU presidency. "With Russia, we have had sometimes very good and sometimes complicated relations. But the latest crisis most definitely changed Europe’s policy on securing energy deliveries. That means we need to be stronger ourselves, we need to agree more and take measures to survive such crises", he said.