Envoy: US Still Strongly Supports Southern Gas Corridor to Europe

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The top US envoy on Eurasian energy issuessaid the Obama administration is not putting itsgoal of “resetting” diplomatic relations withMoscow ahead of its support of Central Asiangas pipeline schemes favored by Europe thatwould enhance that continent’s energy security.Richard Morningstar, the US special en-voy for Eurasian energy, told the US HouseForeign Affairs subcommittee on Europe andEurasia on Thursday that the Obama admin-istration backs a Southern Corridor of natur-al gas pipelines from Central Asia — includ-ing the Nabucco project — to loosen Russia’sgrip on European energy supplies.