30 oktober bilaterale bespreking EU-Rusland over energie (en)

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs i will meet the Russian Minister for Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko on 30 October in the margins of the Conference on Complementarities of the EU and Russian energy strategies organised within the framework of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue. Commissioner Piebalgs has underlined that "the exchange of information on energy markets and energy policies in the EU and Russia is key to increasing mutual trust and confidence in our energy relations".

The Conference is organised within the framework of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue in Moscow with the participation of key representatives of the EU and Russian energy industries, the EU Member States, international financial institutions, the Commission services and of the Russian administration. The participants will discuss the energy strategies and forecasts in the EU and Russia, and identify key areas for enhancing energy cooperation in the future. The Conference marks the opening of International Energy Week starting in Moscow on 30 October.

In the margins of the Conference Commissioner Piebalgs will hold a bilateral meeting with Minister Khristenko to assess progress in the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue. The meeting will draw conclusions of the 5th year of joint cooperation building on the reports of the four thematic groups set up to focus on the areas of infrastructure, investment, trade and energy efficiency. The reports set out a series of recommendations designed to enhance practical cooperation in the energy sector which will be discussed on the occasion of the forthcoming Permanent Partnership Council on Energy foreseen for 21 November 2006 in Brussels.