Belarus is actively pursuing diversification of energy delivery sources, on February 15 announced the Press Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Belarus, Andrey Popov, reported Korrespondent.net. The statement came a day after the President of Lithuania Adamkus announced the development of a joint project together with Ukraine and Belarus which envisions to set-up an alternative energy delivery system through the Rotterdam oil terminals in case of an emergency shut-off of Russian supplies. Lithuanian President noted that “As is Ukraine, Belarus is subject to the manipulations of Mr. Putin. Creation of such a system will allow us to safeguard ourselves from oil blockades on the part of Russia,” informed Korrespondent.net.

This information was originally published on February 15, 2007 (www.korrespondent.net)

 

-- 03/09/2007