(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 22. Moldova turns
to Azerbaijan as an alternative supplier of gas, Andrei Spinu,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional
Development of the Republic of Moldova, said at the Romanian
International Gas Conference, organized by the Romanian Oil and Gas
Employers' Federation (FPPG), Trend reports.
“In the long term, we are trying to find alternative supplies
with our partners, such as Azerbaijan, and Romania. However, we
need to overcome this winter first. Moldova is quite small, thus
our demand is small as well. For us, this is more about
affordability, than security,” he said.
According to the deputy minister, what Moldova needs right now
is solidarity. New mechanisms have to be developed to help such
countries as Moldova, or Ukraine, to overcome the immediate crisis.
The financial instruments could be presented
“Let me be very clear, Moldova is the first country to be hit by
Gazprom's supply cuts. In the case of Moldova, we do not have any
resources. And when we are put in these circumstances, this hits
the direct consumers, which are households and industries,” he
said.
He noted, that the country has already been decreasing its gas
consumption, thus, the gas use has decreased by almost 20 percent
since the beginning of September.
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