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ENERGY SECURITY FORUM
INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO G-8 SUMMIT
ON ENERGY SECURITY IN 2006
Geneva, 15 July
2005 - With oil prices rising to
US$ 60 per barrel, the leaders of the
industrialized countries have given their
support to the Russian President Vladimir
Putin’s plan to make energy security
the priority subject for the Group of
Eight meeting to be hosted by the Russian
Federation next year. During their annual
summit at Gleneagles, the G-8 leaders
said that they have mounting concerns
about rising energy prices and that they
support Mr. Putin’s decision to
make energy security the priority when
the Russian Federation holds the presidency
of the G-8 in 2006.
Indeed, in their concluding
statement from the Gleneagles meeting,
the G-8 leaders agreed to take action
to ‘address the strategic
challenge of transforming our energy systems
to create a more secure and sustainable
future’. The leaders ‘welcomed
the Russian decision to focus on energy
in its Presidency of the G-8 in 2006 and
the programme of meetings that Russia
plans to hold.’
During his presentation
to the UNECE Energy Security Forum on
28 June, Mr. Igor Yusufov, Special Envoy
of President Vladimir Putin on International
Energy Cooperation, stated that ‘We
appreciate greatly the activities of the
Energy Security Forum in addressing this
acute problem. We are interested in establishing
close cooperation with the Forum to use
its conclusions and recommendations in
our discussions on global energy security
issues in the framework of our leadership
of the G-8 summit next year.’
The Energy Security Forum was held during
the annual session of the UNECE Committee
on Sustainable Energy on 27 to 30 June
2005.
For further information
about the Energy Security Forum, please
consult the UNECE website http://www.unece.org/ie
or contact:
Mr. Alexandre Chachine
Industrial Restructuring, Energy and
Enterprise Development Division
United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe
Palais des Nations, Bureau 380
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: + 41(0)22 917 2451
Telefax: + 41(0)22 917 0038
E-mail: [email protected]
Ref: ECE/IREEDD/05/P08