EU Weighs Options After South Stream

摘要

The EU has said it received confirmation from Russia that the South Stream pipeline project is being scrapped, giving impetus to alternative natural gas supply projects. The European Commission said in a statement on Thursday that the commission's vice president, Maros Sefcovic, had spoken with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and that the latter had said Russia "would no longer pursue" the natural gas pipeline project (IOD Dec.2'14).