BNS: Brussels proposes to work out Baltic energy link plan
Updated 2008-10-15
VILNIUS, Oct 15, BNS - The European Commission (EC) may supervise the working out of Baltic energy links plan, coordinate its implementation and extend additional financing for the purpose, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed during the working dinner with Lithuania's Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas, government leaders from Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland and Denmark and Sweden's foreign mnister on Tuesday.
High-ranking officials also discussed the potential course of new plan's implementation and options for additional financing, the government press service said in a release.
The working out and implementation of Baltic energy links plan would make Lithuanian-Polish and Lithuanian-Swedish power links the responsibility of the whole Europe, which would speed up the implementation of projects and improve their financing, Kirkilas said.
Yet, Lithuania remains convinced that the period of 2010-2012 is critical since the country has no short-term measures to solve the problems of its energy security.
Thus, Kirkilas reiterated Lithuania's position on the modification of deadline for the shutdown of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) and submitted Lithuania's proposals on energy security to EC President.
