EU energy ministers discuss Ukraine energy crisis

15/10/2024 19:35

        EU energy ministers met in Luxembourg on Tuesday to discuss the bloc's Russian rising LNG imports, Ukraine's energy shortages ahead of winter and how to
        balance energy prices across member states, officials said.
        
        The EU agreed a 14th package of sanctions in June including a ban on transhipments of Russian gas as of March next year but stopped short of an outright ban. Since then, Belgium and the Netherlands have seen a sharp increase in imports.
        
        In a letter on Monday, France and nine other countries asked the European Commission to propose stricter reporting obligations on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) for storage companies and suppliers.
        
        "Belgium will file and we will support an initiative to ban and track LNG imports from Russia more structurally," Kai Mykkanen, Finland's climate and environment minister, told reporters ahead of the meeting.