Southern Corridor Summit: EU and partner countries commit to move forward
The European Commission and the Czech Presidency of the EU today hosted a Summit in Prague with partner third countries on the development of the Southern Corridor for energy and transport. The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Mirek Topolánek met with the leaders of partner countries from Central Asia, Southern Caucasus, Mashreq and Middle East. The Summit participants discussed concrete ways for progressing on the development of the Southern Corridor for energy and transport, in particular the supplies of natural gas to the EU along the Corridor route. The Summit is the first time that potential partners in the Southern Corridor meet at the highest level to discuss their shared interests, and the summit declaration provides the first formal commitments by consumer, producer and transit states on the conditions necessary to make a success of the Corridor.
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