BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/01/2007

Belarus Proposes Energy Talks To European Commision

German Ambassador to Belarus Martin Hecker said on January 16 that the Belarusian government has proposed to the European Commission a dialogue on energy issues, Belapan reported. "Brussels usually studies such proposals very thoroughly and slowly because of the need to follow all procedures, but the European Commission has already announced its readiness for a dialogue on energy," Hecker said, adding that the proposal is of particular significance in the context of the recent Belarus-Russia energy dispute but that, in general, "this is quite a common occurrence." AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/01/3-cee/cee-170107.asp