23.12.2008 | tagesschau | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
In der russischen Hauptstadt sind die 14 wichtigsten Gasexportländer - darunter auch der Iran und Venezuela - zusammengetroffen, um ihre Kooperation auszubauen. Ziel ist die Schaffung eines Kartells nach dem Vorbild der Organisation Erdölexportierender Länder (OPEC). ...
Mehrere gasexportierende Staaten haben sich zu einem neuen Bündnis nach Vorbild der OPEC zusammengeschlossen. Hauptsitz der neuen Organisation soll Doha in Katar sein. Russlands Regierungschef Wladimir Putin sagte während des Gründungstreffens in Moskau, dass die Gaspreise langfristig steigen würden. Schuld daran sei aber nicht das Gas-Bündnis, sondern die hohen Erschließungskosten neuer Gasfelder. ...
... Die Zusammenarbeit der wichtigsten Gas-Exportländer soll nun auf eine neue Basis gestellt werden. In einem Moskauer Hotel kamen die Energieminister dieser Staaten zusammen, um ein Gas-Kartell zu gründen. Ziel ist die Optimierung der Kooperation. Im Oktober hatten Russland, Iran und Katar diesen Schritt initiiert. Zusammen verfügen sie allein über mehr als die Hälfte der weltweiten Gasvorräte ...
Von Stephan Laack, WDR-Hörfunkstudio Moskau
Stichworte: Russland, Putin, Gas, Sprache: deutsch, Archiv: #
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In der Regierungserklärung bestimmt Präsident Saakashvili 2015 als neues Ziel zur Vollendung verschiedener Aufgaben
12.02.2011 | Civil.ge | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
President Saakashvili has set 2015 as a new target date for accomplishment of various tasks, which he laid out in his annual state of the nation address in the Parliament on February 11.
Among the targets listed by Saakashvili in his speech, which, he said, should be achieved by 2015 were: doubling agriculture production; doubling export; doubling state budget; halving current level of unemployment; 50% increase of average salaries; population growth to 5 million; increase of annual number of foreign visitors to 5 million; building of 17 new hydro power plants.
“You have probably noticed that while speaking about various issues I have numerously mentioned the year 2015,” said Saakashvili, who previously was often mentioning 2013 as a target date for accomplishment of his major tasks.
Saakashvili, whose second and final presidential term expires in 2013, said that 2015 was defined based on “long-term plan of Georgia’s development” and it had nothing to do “either with the election dates or political careers of separate individuals or the term in office of the sitting Parliament”, which expires in 2012.
“Instead it [the target date - 2015] matches with what is important for the country. People should know where we are going; our course will definitely continue,” Saakashvili said. He said for number of times in the past that he wanted “a team of reformers” to stay in power after his presidential term expires.
“Everything what we are talking about will be started in 2012-2013... Everything will be accomplished in 2015.”
“Therefore, 2015 will be the year of summarizing the first results of this plan. Our plan is based on the capabilities of Georgia, as well as on the existing dynamics of the course of reforms, real human and material resources and ongoing projects. The plan of Georgia’s development covers all the major sectors of economy and all major spheres of state activities,” Saakashvili said.
‘Modernization’
Saakashvili described his 70-minute long address as “a report about modernization.”
“Modernization will be one of the major results and tasks of the government’s and personally of my entire career,” Saakashvili said.
“For some people modernization may be a mere word, but for us it means transforming Georgia from a post-Soviet country into European democratic state, which will be the fastest growing country in Europe.”
“Modernization means to ensure that our citizen is more educated, more competitive, has modern knowledge and feels himself as a Georgian patriot, but simultaneously as a citizen of the world, a free person, for whom all opportunities are open, who do not suffer from an inferiority complex; low self-esteem and inferiority – these are what enabled the empire to try to subdue Georgia. As soon as we finally get rid of this inferiority complex, nobody will ever be able to enslave us again. And this is very important.”
“Modernization means reforms which have been implemented and will be implemented by the state and which will lead us to more civilized and democratic state. It means changes and innovations, which will pave the way towards more open and modern society – the society, which will not retire into its own shell, which does not have any phobias, which is multi-ethnic and multi-confessional, wherein each community is an integral part of the Georgian nation; the society, which aspires to the future instead of weeping for the past, which consists of free people with free thinking and free rule of life.”
Modernization means Georgia of such mentality, where politicians and society will be united like a fist to defend the interests of the country even if there are great ideological and political differences among them. Georgia, where criminal mentality will never return, where ethnic and regional divisions will never return, where corruption will never gain its foothold means Georgia, where the liberty of an individual is the cornerstone of the country and which will gain a worthy place in the international system as a sovereign, united and very successful state and not a single empire will ever be able to question its existence.”
“We will spare no efforts in the struggle for Georgia’s modernization… We will overcome all the obstacles and all the difficulties because we will be moving only forward, we will bring our struggle to the end and we will definitely win,” Saakashvili said.
Foreign Policy
On foreign policy issues Saakashvili said that Georgia achieved “significant diplomatic success last year”, because the term “occupation” in reference of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was establishing on the international arena.
“Today there is no longer a question mark about on whose side the international community is,” he said. “The entire world sees who is aggressor and who is in favor of the peace.”
On Russia he said that Georgia “wants a dialogue” with Moscow, “but we will never tolerate disintegration and occupation of Georgia.”
“The Russian leadership’s course has no future,” he said. “The idea of empire is still alive, but it has no future.”
He also said that “imperialistic thinking is waning” and added: “We are nearing the period when the imperialistic thinking will be faded away.”
“But I want to say, that we should be careful, so that to escape being a victim of the empire’s agony,” Saakashvili said.
He also said that Georgia’s course towards EU and NATO integration remained “unwavering” and attempts by Russia to isolate Georgia had “failed”. “We will never give up the choice of the Georgian people in favor of the Euro-Atlantic integration,” Saakashvili said.
For some other key points from Saakashvili's address see:
GEL 150 mln Extra Funding Planned for Agriculture
Gov’t Plans 'GEL 30 Food Coupons'
Saakashvili Aims Free Trade Treaty with EU by 2015
Debates
After the address Saakashvili listened to rebuttal speeches by parliamentary minority lawmakers and remarks by the ruling party MPs. Before start of his address, Saakashvili asked the foreign diplomats accredited in Tbilisi, and present in the Parliament chamber, to stay and attend the debates as well.
After the debates, which lasted for about four hours, Saakashvili thanked diplomats, remaining in the chamber for “patience” saying that the debates “demonstrated how far the Georgian democracy has gone”.
MP Giorgi Targamadze, leader of Christian-Democratic Movement and of parliamentary minority group, said in his rebuttal speech told the President to foster improvement of the electoral environment otherwise warned that Saakashvili would face, as he put it, “Mubarakization”. MP Targamadze was referring to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned on February 11 after 18 days of mass protest.
MP Targamadze slammed the President for creating “genetically modified media” and “semi-manufactured judiciary”. He also said that President was at top of “corruption pyramid” and added that removing a section of presidential orders from his official website was part of the authorities’ attempts to hide information about where public money was spent.
For couple of times President Saakashvili intervened in opposition lawmakers’ speeches; in one such case he interrupted MP Levan Vepkhvadze of the Christian-Democratic Movement when the latter was criticizing the government for entering in “unprofitable” five-year gas deal with Azerbaijan in 2008, claiming that Georgia had a chance to buy gas for a better price from Azerbaijan under the Shah-Deniz gas pipeline deal. When saying this, Saakashvili pressed MP Vepkhvadze to name any European country which was buying gas for lower price than Georgia. When the MP responded that European countries were receiving expensive gas because they were buying it from Russia, Saakashvili smiled sarcastically.
A lawmaker from the ruling party, Giorgi Gabashvili, said in his remarks that there were two types of opposition in Georgia – “insane and incompetent.” “You are among incompetents,” MP Gabashvili told lawmakers from the Christian-Democratic Movement.
‘Elite Corruption’
When MP Guram Chakhvadze of National-Democratic Party, part of the parliamentary minority group, criticized the government for “elite corruption”, Saakashvili asked him that “the political elite is now here… name who is corrupt”. PM Nika Gilauri and several ministers were also present in the chamber apart of lawmakers. MP Chakhvadze responded that he did not mean the President or ministers when speaking about elite corruption. He said that the Freedom House was also using this term – elite corruption in reference to Georgia and added that he was meaning those mid-level officials who had been arrested on corruption charges in Georgia.
“Someone, somewhere is bullshitting – it does not matter; we live in this country and everyone knows everything about everyone… The Georgian political elite is very clean… This is the major achievement of our state,” Saakashvili said.
MP Chakhvadze then backed off and said: “Let’s put it this way – a mid-level elite corruption.”
According to the U.S. Department of State’s 2009 human rights report, although levels of petty corruption fell in Georgia, concerns remained about high-level and "elite corruption."
Stichworte: Georgien, Abchasien, Süd-Ossetien, Russland, Sprache: englisch, Archiv: #
President Saakashvili has set 2015 as a new target date for accomplishment of various tasks, which he laid out in his annual state of the nation address in the Parliament on February 11.
Among the targets listed by Saakashvili in his speech, which, he said, should be achieved by 2015 were: doubling agriculture production; doubling export; doubling state budget; halving current level of unemployment; 50% increase of average salaries; population growth to 5 million; increase of annual number of foreign visitors to 5 million; building of 17 new hydro power plants.
“You have probably noticed that while speaking about various issues I have numerously mentioned the year 2015,” said Saakashvili, who previously was often mentioning 2013 as a target date for accomplishment of his major tasks.
Saakashvili, whose second and final presidential term expires in 2013, said that 2015 was defined based on “long-term plan of Georgia’s development” and it had nothing to do “either with the election dates or political careers of separate individuals or the term in office of the sitting Parliament”, which expires in 2012.
“Instead it [the target date - 2015] matches with what is important for the country. People should know where we are going; our course will definitely continue,” Saakashvili said. He said for number of times in the past that he wanted “a team of reformers” to stay in power after his presidential term expires.
“Everything what we are talking about will be started in 2012-2013... Everything will be accomplished in 2015.”
“Therefore, 2015 will be the year of summarizing the first results of this plan. Our plan is based on the capabilities of Georgia, as well as on the existing dynamics of the course of reforms, real human and material resources and ongoing projects. The plan of Georgia’s development covers all the major sectors of economy and all major spheres of state activities,” Saakashvili said.
‘Modernization’
Saakashvili described his 70-minute long address as “a report about modernization.”
“Modernization will be one of the major results and tasks of the government’s and personally of my entire career,” Saakashvili said.
“For some people modernization may be a mere word, but for us it means transforming Georgia from a post-Soviet country into European democratic state, which will be the fastest growing country in Europe.”
“Modernization means to ensure that our citizen is more educated, more competitive, has modern knowledge and feels himself as a Georgian patriot, but simultaneously as a citizen of the world, a free person, for whom all opportunities are open, who do not suffer from an inferiority complex; low self-esteem and inferiority – these are what enabled the empire to try to subdue Georgia. As soon as we finally get rid of this inferiority complex, nobody will ever be able to enslave us again. And this is very important.”
“Modernization means reforms which have been implemented and will be implemented by the state and which will lead us to more civilized and democratic state. It means changes and innovations, which will pave the way towards more open and modern society – the society, which will not retire into its own shell, which does not have any phobias, which is multi-ethnic and multi-confessional, wherein each community is an integral part of the Georgian nation; the society, which aspires to the future instead of weeping for the past, which consists of free people with free thinking and free rule of life.”
Modernization means Georgia of such mentality, where politicians and society will be united like a fist to defend the interests of the country even if there are great ideological and political differences among them. Georgia, where criminal mentality will never return, where ethnic and regional divisions will never return, where corruption will never gain its foothold means Georgia, where the liberty of an individual is the cornerstone of the country and which will gain a worthy place in the international system as a sovereign, united and very successful state and not a single empire will ever be able to question its existence.”
“We will spare no efforts in the struggle for Georgia’s modernization… We will overcome all the obstacles and all the difficulties because we will be moving only forward, we will bring our struggle to the end and we will definitely win,” Saakashvili said.
Foreign Policy
On foreign policy issues Saakashvili said that Georgia achieved “significant diplomatic success last year”, because the term “occupation” in reference of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was establishing on the international arena.
“Today there is no longer a question mark about on whose side the international community is,” he said. “The entire world sees who is aggressor and who is in favor of the peace.”
On Russia he said that Georgia “wants a dialogue” with Moscow, “but we will never tolerate disintegration and occupation of Georgia.”
“The Russian leadership’s course has no future,” he said. “The idea of empire is still alive, but it has no future.”
He also said that “imperialistic thinking is waning” and added: “We are nearing the period when the imperialistic thinking will be faded away.”
“But I want to say, that we should be careful, so that to escape being a victim of the empire’s agony,” Saakashvili said.
He also said that Georgia’s course towards EU and NATO integration remained “unwavering” and attempts by Russia to isolate Georgia had “failed”. “We will never give up the choice of the Georgian people in favor of the Euro-Atlantic integration,” Saakashvili said.
For some other key points from Saakashvili's address see:
GEL 150 mln Extra Funding Planned for Agriculture
Gov’t Plans 'GEL 30 Food Coupons'
Saakashvili Aims Free Trade Treaty with EU by 2015
Debates
After the address Saakashvili listened to rebuttal speeches by parliamentary minority lawmakers and remarks by the ruling party MPs. Before start of his address, Saakashvili asked the foreign diplomats accredited in Tbilisi, and present in the Parliament chamber, to stay and attend the debates as well.
After the debates, which lasted for about four hours, Saakashvili thanked diplomats, remaining in the chamber for “patience” saying that the debates “demonstrated how far the Georgian democracy has gone”.
MP Giorgi Targamadze, leader of Christian-Democratic Movement and of parliamentary minority group, said in his rebuttal speech told the President to foster improvement of the electoral environment otherwise warned that Saakashvili would face, as he put it, “Mubarakization”. MP Targamadze was referring to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned on February 11 after 18 days of mass protest.
MP Targamadze slammed the President for creating “genetically modified media” and “semi-manufactured judiciary”. He also said that President was at top of “corruption pyramid” and added that removing a section of presidential orders from his official website was part of the authorities’ attempts to hide information about where public money was spent.
For couple of times President Saakashvili intervened in opposition lawmakers’ speeches; in one such case he interrupted MP Levan Vepkhvadze of the Christian-Democratic Movement when the latter was criticizing the government for entering in “unprofitable” five-year gas deal with Azerbaijan in 2008, claiming that Georgia had a chance to buy gas for a better price from Azerbaijan under the Shah-Deniz gas pipeline deal. When saying this, Saakashvili pressed MP Vepkhvadze to name any European country which was buying gas for lower price than Georgia. When the MP responded that European countries were receiving expensive gas because they were buying it from Russia, Saakashvili smiled sarcastically.
A lawmaker from the ruling party, Giorgi Gabashvili, said in his remarks that there were two types of opposition in Georgia – “insane and incompetent.” “You are among incompetents,” MP Gabashvili told lawmakers from the Christian-Democratic Movement.
‘Elite Corruption’
When MP Guram Chakhvadze of National-Democratic Party, part of the parliamentary minority group, criticized the government for “elite corruption”, Saakashvili asked him that “the political elite is now here… name who is corrupt”. PM Nika Gilauri and several ministers were also present in the chamber apart of lawmakers. MP Chakhvadze responded that he did not mean the President or ministers when speaking about elite corruption. He said that the Freedom House was also using this term – elite corruption in reference to Georgia and added that he was meaning those mid-level officials who had been arrested on corruption charges in Georgia.
“Someone, somewhere is bullshitting – it does not matter; we live in this country and everyone knows everything about everyone… The Georgian political elite is very clean… This is the major achievement of our state,” Saakashvili said.
MP Chakhvadze then backed off and said: “Let’s put it this way – a mid-level elite corruption.”
According to the U.S. Department of State’s 2009 human rights report, although levels of petty corruption fell in Georgia, concerns remained about high-level and "elite corruption."
Stichworte: Georgien, Abchasien, Süd-Ossetien, Russland, Sprache: englisch, Archiv: #
Präsident Saakashvili spricht über Abchasien in der UN-Klimakonferenz in Cancun
08.12.2010 | Civil.ge | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
Präsident Saakashvili spricht über Abchasien in der UN-Klimakonferenz in Cancun
President Saakashvili told the climate conference in Cancun, Mexico that in “occupied region of Abkhazia the Black Sea coast has been experiencing abrasion due to the devastating practices of the occupying power and its proxy regime.”
“Their mining of inert materials from the Gumista River construction projects related to the Sochi Olympics has resulted in landslides and degradation of the microclimate,” he said while addressing the conference.
“Their illegal search for oil in the Black Sea, in the territorial waters of Georgia, is done in a total blackout, without any legitimate authority being able to check the impact on the environment,” Saakashvili continued. “This is extremely alarming. What is most unfortunate is that we are unable to halt these disturbing practices due to the ongoing occupation and the violation of all cease-fire agreements.”
He also told the conference, that the global warming was “a challenge for humankind”.
“Our overarching goal in Georgia is to show that lowering our consumption of fossil fuels can help us increase growth-and can do so in a sustainable way,” Saakashvili said.
Remarks of H.E. President Mikheil Saakashvili:
16th Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Cancun, Mexico
8 December 2010
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
Allow me to deliver my speech in Spanish, in honor of our Mexican hosts.
It is a great honor for me to be here at the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
I will try to share with you Georgia's vision on how a little country like ours can be a laboratory for how to confront climate change and work on sustainable development.
But first, allow me to thank our Mexican hosts and all of you for the progress made during the conference.
There were fears that Cancun, after the disappointment of Copenhagen, would be a summit marked by little hope and low aspirations.
We must congratulate the Mexican Government, and in particular the President of the Conference, Ms. Patricia Espinosa, for their extraordinary work in rejuvenating these global climate talks. I also am very pleased by the appointment of Ms. Christiana Figueres as the Executive Secretary.
The conference, of course, is not over, but Cancun has the potential to mark a new beginning in our common pursuit of a low-carbon era.
We are near agreements on the REDD framework for compensating developing nations for preserving forests, as a well as on a "Green Fund" that will channel billions to poor nations to help them adapt to climate impacts, adopt low-carbon technology from developed countries, and convert to cleaner energy sources.
In a more ideal world, of course, the Copenhagen Accord would have been achieved last December and we would be gathering here in the aftermath of success.
As you know, Georgia is and remains a strong supporter of the Copenhagen Accord.
We believe that the time has past for a debate on whether the world needs to address climate change; the only question we now face is how to do so.
We also believe strongly that a low-carbon world not only benefits the environment, but also help decrease regional tensions.
After all, our country lies at a crossroads of global energy supplies, a region where oil and gas have helped fuel conflicts for more than a century. Building up local, renewable sources can help ensure that energy is not used as a political tool. Doing so in close cooperation with neighboring countries, as Georgia does, creates greater regional stability.
Immediately after Copenhagen, Georgia formally affiliated with the Copenhagen Accord and we fully support the implementation of its provisions. We also believe in the absolute necessity of continuing the UNFCCC process, and we're confident in a balanced outcome that reflects the guiding principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
in addition to the question of CO2 emmisions it is time to start working and finding solutions for other environmental and sustainibility issues.
Although Georgia is a small country, we believe we can have a large impact, especially in our region-one that has suffered from environmental degradation, as well as oppression and instability.
Ecological concerns and policies are not reserved to big and wealthy members of the Northern World: transitional democracies, emerging countries, small republics can do their part. In fact, they should see the green ambition as the key for their development and their stability.
In the global fight against climate change, these countries have a critical role to play as laboratories for innovation-testing new ideas, setting ambitious targets, and serving as a model for others.
Our overarching goal in Georgia is to show that lowering our consumption of fossil fuels can help us increase growth-and can do so in a sustainable way.
We are bringing the same resolve to this initiative as we have brought to the reform of our economy, our institutions and our political sphere.
Georgia already has taken concrete steps in combating climate change. Tbilisi, our capital, has joined the "Covenant of Mayors Initiative of the European Union" to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. It is the first capital of the region to join the initiative.
Perhaps most important, Georgia is making great strides in developing its renewable energy program. We have established a friendly investment environment that has led to billions being poured into renewable energy sources, especially hydropower.
As a result of our rapid progress, already more than 80 percent of the electricity production in Georgia comes from renewable sources. In fact, we are exporting renewable energy to our neighbors, and we will eventually transmit it through Turkey to the European Union. This will enable us to achieve our goal of establishing Georgia as the first large-scale renewable energy exporter to Europe.
Our renewable energy initiatives can be complemented by large-scale initiatives to grow our forests and advance carbon sequestration activities, both of which will need the support of the international community.
These programs could allow natural forests to constitute as much as 10 percent of Georgia's territory, offering significant economic and environment benefits. Efforts such as these also will lead to the rehabilitation of degraded soils and vegetation cover, the protection of watersheds, and greater local employment.
In addition to these evolutions, we are launching a program that will lead to a cleaner transport industry. And public institutions will play the role of example. Georgia's government will, starting from this year, replace official traditional cars by electric ones.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I cannot end my speech without noting that there are man-made challenges to our climate that would be easy to stop and that we must not ignore. I have to point there to the tragic situation of Georgia's currently occupied region of Abkhazia, where the Black Sea coast has been experiencing abrasion due to the devastating practices of the occupying power and its proxy regime.
Their mining of inert materials from the Gumista River construction projects related to the Sochi Olympics has resulted in landslides and degradation of the microclimate.
Their illegal search for oil in the Blacksea, in the territorial waters of Georgia, is done in a total blackout, without any legitimate authority being able to check the impact on the environment.
This is extremely alarming. What is most unfortunate is that we are unable to halt these disturbing practices due to the ongoing occupation and the violation of all cease-fire agreements.
Ladies and gentlemen-
Global warming is a challenge for humankind as a whole and requires a response from a united humankind.
We must act with resolve and determination, setting aside our short-term interests, our actual rivalries or tensions, and taking concrete actions for our long-term good, for the good of the generations to come.
Thank you.
Stichworte: Georgien, Abchasien, Sprache: deutsch, englisch, Archiv: #
Präsident Saakashvili spricht über Abchasien in der UN-Klimakonferenz in Cancun
President Saakashvili told the climate conference in Cancun, Mexico that in “occupied region of Abkhazia the Black Sea coast has been experiencing abrasion due to the devastating practices of the occupying power and its proxy regime.”
“Their mining of inert materials from the Gumista River construction projects related to the Sochi Olympics has resulted in landslides and degradation of the microclimate,” he said while addressing the conference.
“Their illegal search for oil in the Black Sea, in the territorial waters of Georgia, is done in a total blackout, without any legitimate authority being able to check the impact on the environment,” Saakashvili continued. “This is extremely alarming. What is most unfortunate is that we are unable to halt these disturbing practices due to the ongoing occupation and the violation of all cease-fire agreements.”
He also told the conference, that the global warming was “a challenge for humankind”.
“Our overarching goal in Georgia is to show that lowering our consumption of fossil fuels can help us increase growth-and can do so in a sustainable way,” Saakashvili said.
Remarks of H.E. President Mikheil Saakashvili:
16th Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Cancun, Mexico
8 December 2010
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
Allow me to deliver my speech in Spanish, in honor of our Mexican hosts.
It is a great honor for me to be here at the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
I will try to share with you Georgia's vision on how a little country like ours can be a laboratory for how to confront climate change and work on sustainable development.
But first, allow me to thank our Mexican hosts and all of you for the progress made during the conference.
There were fears that Cancun, after the disappointment of Copenhagen, would be a summit marked by little hope and low aspirations.
We must congratulate the Mexican Government, and in particular the President of the Conference, Ms. Patricia Espinosa, for their extraordinary work in rejuvenating these global climate talks. I also am very pleased by the appointment of Ms. Christiana Figueres as the Executive Secretary.
The conference, of course, is not over, but Cancun has the potential to mark a new beginning in our common pursuit of a low-carbon era.
We are near agreements on the REDD framework for compensating developing nations for preserving forests, as a well as on a "Green Fund" that will channel billions to poor nations to help them adapt to climate impacts, adopt low-carbon technology from developed countries, and convert to cleaner energy sources.
In a more ideal world, of course, the Copenhagen Accord would have been achieved last December and we would be gathering here in the aftermath of success.
As you know, Georgia is and remains a strong supporter of the Copenhagen Accord.
We believe that the time has past for a debate on whether the world needs to address climate change; the only question we now face is how to do so.
We also believe strongly that a low-carbon world not only benefits the environment, but also help decrease regional tensions.
After all, our country lies at a crossroads of global energy supplies, a region where oil and gas have helped fuel conflicts for more than a century. Building up local, renewable sources can help ensure that energy is not used as a political tool. Doing so in close cooperation with neighboring countries, as Georgia does, creates greater regional stability.
Immediately after Copenhagen, Georgia formally affiliated with the Copenhagen Accord and we fully support the implementation of its provisions. We also believe in the absolute necessity of continuing the UNFCCC process, and we're confident in a balanced outcome that reflects the guiding principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
in addition to the question of CO2 emmisions it is time to start working and finding solutions for other environmental and sustainibility issues.
Although Georgia is a small country, we believe we can have a large impact, especially in our region-one that has suffered from environmental degradation, as well as oppression and instability.
Ecological concerns and policies are not reserved to big and wealthy members of the Northern World: transitional democracies, emerging countries, small republics can do their part. In fact, they should see the green ambition as the key for their development and their stability.
In the global fight against climate change, these countries have a critical role to play as laboratories for innovation-testing new ideas, setting ambitious targets, and serving as a model for others.
Our overarching goal in Georgia is to show that lowering our consumption of fossil fuels can help us increase growth-and can do so in a sustainable way.
We are bringing the same resolve to this initiative as we have brought to the reform of our economy, our institutions and our political sphere.
Georgia already has taken concrete steps in combating climate change. Tbilisi, our capital, has joined the "Covenant of Mayors Initiative of the European Union" to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. It is the first capital of the region to join the initiative.
Perhaps most important, Georgia is making great strides in developing its renewable energy program. We have established a friendly investment environment that has led to billions being poured into renewable energy sources, especially hydropower.
As a result of our rapid progress, already more than 80 percent of the electricity production in Georgia comes from renewable sources. In fact, we are exporting renewable energy to our neighbors, and we will eventually transmit it through Turkey to the European Union. This will enable us to achieve our goal of establishing Georgia as the first large-scale renewable energy exporter to Europe.
Our renewable energy initiatives can be complemented by large-scale initiatives to grow our forests and advance carbon sequestration activities, both of which will need the support of the international community.
These programs could allow natural forests to constitute as much as 10 percent of Georgia's territory, offering significant economic and environment benefits. Efforts such as these also will lead to the rehabilitation of degraded soils and vegetation cover, the protection of watersheds, and greater local employment.
In addition to these evolutions, we are launching a program that will lead to a cleaner transport industry. And public institutions will play the role of example. Georgia's government will, starting from this year, replace official traditional cars by electric ones.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I cannot end my speech without noting that there are man-made challenges to our climate that would be easy to stop and that we must not ignore. I have to point there to the tragic situation of Georgia's currently occupied region of Abkhazia, where the Black Sea coast has been experiencing abrasion due to the devastating practices of the occupying power and its proxy regime.
Their mining of inert materials from the Gumista River construction projects related to the Sochi Olympics has resulted in landslides and degradation of the microclimate.
Their illegal search for oil in the Blacksea, in the territorial waters of Georgia, is done in a total blackout, without any legitimate authority being able to check the impact on the environment.
This is extremely alarming. What is most unfortunate is that we are unable to halt these disturbing practices due to the ongoing occupation and the violation of all cease-fire agreements.
Ladies and gentlemen-
Global warming is a challenge for humankind as a whole and requires a response from a united humankind.
We must act with resolve and determination, setting aside our short-term interests, our actual rivalries or tensions, and taking concrete actions for our long-term good, for the good of the generations to come.
Thank you.
Stichworte: Georgien, Abchasien, Sprache: deutsch, englisch, Archiv: #
"Ära des billigen Gases ist vorbei" - Ölpreiseinbruch in Russland
23.12.2008 | SZ | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
.... "Das bedeutet natürlich, dass trotz aller gegenwärtigen Finanzprobleme die Ära billiger Energievorkommen, des billigen Gases, vorbei ist", fügte er hinzu. Der russische Energieriese Gazprom liefert etwa ein Viertel des in der Europäischen Union benötigten Erdgases. ...
... Putin sprach sich gegen eine Politisierung der internationalen Energiebeziehungen aus. "Die Interessen von Produzenten, Verbrauchern und Transitländern lassen sich nur durch klare und langfristige Beziehungen auf marktwirtschaftlicher Grundlage vereinen", sagte er. ...
... Der Gaspreis ist seit den 60er Jahren an den Ölpreis gekoppelt. Steigende Ölpreise wirken sich mit etwa einem halben Jahr Verzögerung auf den Gaspreis aus...."
Stichworte: Russland, Putin, Gas, Sprache: deutsch, Archiv: #
.... "Das bedeutet natürlich, dass trotz aller gegenwärtigen Finanzprobleme die Ära billiger Energievorkommen, des billigen Gases, vorbei ist", fügte er hinzu. Der russische Energieriese Gazprom liefert etwa ein Viertel des in der Europäischen Union benötigten Erdgases. ...
... Putin sprach sich gegen eine Politisierung der internationalen Energiebeziehungen aus. "Die Interessen von Produzenten, Verbrauchern und Transitländern lassen sich nur durch klare und langfristige Beziehungen auf marktwirtschaftlicher Grundlage vereinen", sagte er. ...
... Der Gaspreis ist seit den 60er Jahren an den Ölpreis gekoppelt. Steigende Ölpreise wirken sich mit etwa einem halben Jahr Verzögerung auf den Gaspreis aus...."
Stichworte: Russland, Putin, Gas, Sprache: deutsch, Archiv: #
Schewardnadses bittere Bilanz
01.01.2002 | Weltspiegel | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
Wer in Rustawi zur Schule geht, kennt es nicht anders: Das Schulhaus ohne Strom, das Fensterglas zerschlagen, Kanonen-Öfen im Klassenzimmer. Energie gibt es in der georgischen Provinzstadt seit zwölf Jahren nicht mehr. Brennholz und Petroleum müssen die Eltern kaufen, die Kinder bringen es morgens mit zum Unterricht.
Als die Lehrerin Lia in der Schule anfing, war das Gebäude noch neu. Die Heizungen funktionierten. Moskau brachte Strom und Gas in jeden Winkel der großen Sowjetunion. Heute denkt Lia nur noch daran, wie sie über die Runden kommt. Sie verdient, so wie alle Lehrer in Georgien, 34 Lari im Monat. Umgerechnet 15 Euro. ...
Vor zehn Jahren setzte Lia noch auf Präsident Schewardnadse. Er war doch beliebt in der ganzen Welt, meint sie. Aber was mit ihm folgte, macht der Lehrerin das Leben nur noch schwerer: Das Land versinkt im Bürgerkrieg. Die Wirtschaft bricht zusammen. In Lias Wohnung fließt kein warmes Wasser mehr. In Rustawi arbeitet nicht ein einziger Betrieb, sagt sie. 150.000 Menschen leben in der Stadt. Neun von zehn sind arbeitslos. Wer Geld hat, kauft davon Brennholz, keine Bücher. ...
Wer sich in Georgien mit der Polizei anlegt, riskiert sein Leben. Sagt Nana Kakabadze. Sie dokumentiert Fälle von Folter und Gewalt bei Polizeiverhören. Nach der Folter unterschreibt fast jeder sein Geständnis - selbst wenn er nichts getan hat. Noch schlimmer sind die Zustände in unseren Gefängnissen. Die Regierung zahlt weniger als einen halben Euro pro Gefangenen am Tag. Wer keine Familie hat, die Essen bringt, der hungert. Längst grassiert in den Zellen Tuberkulose. ...
Andere haben nichts. Die Tagelöhner von Tiflis wissen am Abend nicht, wovon sie morgen leben sollen. Nach zehn Jahren Schewardnadse haben sie weder Arbeit noch ein Dach über dem Kopf. Georgien.
Stichworte: Georgien, Innenpolitik, Sprache: deutsch, Archiv: #
Wer in Rustawi zur Schule geht, kennt es nicht anders: Das Schulhaus ohne Strom, das Fensterglas zerschlagen, Kanonen-Öfen im Klassenzimmer. Energie gibt es in der georgischen Provinzstadt seit zwölf Jahren nicht mehr. Brennholz und Petroleum müssen die Eltern kaufen, die Kinder bringen es morgens mit zum Unterricht.
Als die Lehrerin Lia in der Schule anfing, war das Gebäude noch neu. Die Heizungen funktionierten. Moskau brachte Strom und Gas in jeden Winkel der großen Sowjetunion. Heute denkt Lia nur noch daran, wie sie über die Runden kommt. Sie verdient, so wie alle Lehrer in Georgien, 34 Lari im Monat. Umgerechnet 15 Euro. ...
Vor zehn Jahren setzte Lia noch auf Präsident Schewardnadse. Er war doch beliebt in der ganzen Welt, meint sie. Aber was mit ihm folgte, macht der Lehrerin das Leben nur noch schwerer: Das Land versinkt im Bürgerkrieg. Die Wirtschaft bricht zusammen. In Lias Wohnung fließt kein warmes Wasser mehr. In Rustawi arbeitet nicht ein einziger Betrieb, sagt sie. 150.000 Menschen leben in der Stadt. Neun von zehn sind arbeitslos. Wer Geld hat, kauft davon Brennholz, keine Bücher. ...
Wer sich in Georgien mit der Polizei anlegt, riskiert sein Leben. Sagt Nana Kakabadze. Sie dokumentiert Fälle von Folter und Gewalt bei Polizeiverhören. Nach der Folter unterschreibt fast jeder sein Geständnis - selbst wenn er nichts getan hat. Noch schlimmer sind die Zustände in unseren Gefängnissen. Die Regierung zahlt weniger als einen halben Euro pro Gefangenen am Tag. Wer keine Familie hat, die Essen bringt, der hungert. Längst grassiert in den Zellen Tuberkulose. ...
Andere haben nichts. Die Tagelöhner von Tiflis wissen am Abend nicht, wovon sie morgen leben sollen. Nach zehn Jahren Schewardnadse haben sie weder Arbeit noch ein Dach über dem Kopf. Georgien.
Stichworte: Georgien, Innenpolitik, Sprache: deutsch, Archiv: #
The Creeping Caucasus Catastrophe
23.08.2008 | Azer.com | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
by Thomas Goltz
Russian troops and tanks may have completed (at least partially) their pull-out from Georgian territory seized during its August 8, 2008 blitz of this tiny post-Soviet country, but that should be little reason for friends of Georgia to celebrate, as the real (if creeping) catastrophe has just begun.
In addition to humiliating the Georgian army and generally reducing any Georgian military installations to rubble, the Russian blitz has humiliated the EU, the US and NATO by exposing just how little 'friends of Georgia' could do in the country's hour of need.
Even after Russia has announced that it regards in compliance with all points of the emergency cease-fire plan negotiated by France, Russian troops continue to occupy numerous locations in western Georgia, and are in the process of setting up a self-declared "security zone" well outside the legally defined geographic limits of the two contested "autonomous" areas of Georgia that sparked the week-long conflict.
...
Baku-Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline
The first to come to mind is the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline linking Azerbaijani oil and gas fields to an eastern Mediterranean terminal [Ceyhan] in Turkey. The BP-run line was shut some weeks before the conflict, due to Kurdish sabotage in Turkey that does not seem to be connected to the brief Georgian-Russian war. BTC will, no doubt, come back online in the near future. But the idea of building other lines through a country that might get bombed again will be met with extreme caution by Caspian hydrocarbon producers.
Azerbaijan has now started to export its crude via a smaller gauge line that passes through Russia, even though the $4 billion BTC was specifically built to by-pass Russia. Longtime observers in the region can only chuckle at the idea of the rapid completion of a new railway line, the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku (KTB) initiated with such fanfare in the Turkish city of Kars on July 14 of this year. This so-called 'Steel Silk Road' project was to spur trade from Central Asia all the way to Europe when completed in 2014. Azerbaijan had advanced credits to Georgia to pay for its portion of the line, but will soon be looking at a credit crunch itself until the BTC (and another cross-Georgia line that ends at the Black Sea terminal of Supsa) come back on-line.
...
Root Cause of Invasion
So, what was the root cause of the invasion? In addition to the standard canard about "Resurgent Russia Under Vladimir Putin" (which is certainly true), the conflict can be traced back to the time leading to the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, when there (briefly) existed a rabidly nationalist (and anti-Soviet) regime in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, that declared its policy as one of "Georgia for the Georgians."
As part of this policy, the regime made efforts to dissolve the special status of the autonomous district, resulting in a brief, bitter war of secession that effectively detached about a third of the territory from the control of the central government. But another third remained under de-facto Georgian control; the remaining third of the region was more or less uninhabited.
...
The Future?
Lastly, there is the question of where all this leads.
At this point, the West has few pressure points on Moscow. Weirdly, the best might be oil. If the West (and now China and India) could wean themselves off their hydrocarbon addiction and cause the collapse of Russia's main stream of income and control over much of western Europe, its behavior might be modified.
In the short-term, Moscow has all the cards.
Get ready for a long, cold winter in Georgia, with social chaos around the corner.
Stichworte: Georgien, Abchasien, Süd-Ossetien, Russland, Sprache: englisch, Archiv: #
by Thomas Goltz
Russian troops and tanks may have completed (at least partially) their pull-out from Georgian territory seized during its August 8, 2008 blitz of this tiny post-Soviet country, but that should be little reason for friends of Georgia to celebrate, as the real (if creeping) catastrophe has just begun.
In addition to humiliating the Georgian army and generally reducing any Georgian military installations to rubble, the Russian blitz has humiliated the EU, the US and NATO by exposing just how little 'friends of Georgia' could do in the country's hour of need.
Even after Russia has announced that it regards in compliance with all points of the emergency cease-fire plan negotiated by France, Russian troops continue to occupy numerous locations in western Georgia, and are in the process of setting up a self-declared "security zone" well outside the legally defined geographic limits of the two contested "autonomous" areas of Georgia that sparked the week-long conflict.
...
Baku-Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline
The first to come to mind is the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline linking Azerbaijani oil and gas fields to an eastern Mediterranean terminal [Ceyhan] in Turkey. The BP-run line was shut some weeks before the conflict, due to Kurdish sabotage in Turkey that does not seem to be connected to the brief Georgian-Russian war. BTC will, no doubt, come back online in the near future. But the idea of building other lines through a country that might get bombed again will be met with extreme caution by Caspian hydrocarbon producers.
Azerbaijan has now started to export its crude via a smaller gauge line that passes through Russia, even though the $4 billion BTC was specifically built to by-pass Russia. Longtime observers in the region can only chuckle at the idea of the rapid completion of a new railway line, the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku (KTB) initiated with such fanfare in the Turkish city of Kars on July 14 of this year. This so-called 'Steel Silk Road' project was to spur trade from Central Asia all the way to Europe when completed in 2014. Azerbaijan had advanced credits to Georgia to pay for its portion of the line, but will soon be looking at a credit crunch itself until the BTC (and another cross-Georgia line that ends at the Black Sea terminal of Supsa) come back on-line.
...
Root Cause of Invasion
So, what was the root cause of the invasion? In addition to the standard canard about "Resurgent Russia Under Vladimir Putin" (which is certainly true), the conflict can be traced back to the time leading to the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, when there (briefly) existed a rabidly nationalist (and anti-Soviet) regime in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, that declared its policy as one of "Georgia for the Georgians."
As part of this policy, the regime made efforts to dissolve the special status of the autonomous district, resulting in a brief, bitter war of secession that effectively detached about a third of the territory from the control of the central government. But another third remained under de-facto Georgian control; the remaining third of the region was more or less uninhabited.
...
The Future?
Lastly, there is the question of where all this leads.
At this point, the West has few pressure points on Moscow. Weirdly, the best might be oil. If the West (and now China and India) could wean themselves off their hydrocarbon addiction and cause the collapse of Russia's main stream of income and control over much of western Europe, its behavior might be modified.
In the short-term, Moscow has all the cards.
Get ready for a long, cold winter in Georgia, with social chaos around the corner.
Stichworte: Georgien, Abchasien, Süd-Ossetien, Russland, Sprache: englisch, Archiv: #
Schröder übernimmt Führungsjob bei Gazprom-Konsortium
09.12.2005 | SPIEGEL | Link zur Quelle | Bilder | Video |
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder - "Der Altbundeskanzler werde Aufsichtsratschef des Pipeline-Konsortiums NEGP Company tätig, sagte der Chef des russischen Gaskonzerns Gazprom, Alexej Miller, heute in Babajewo am Rande der Zeremonie zum Baubeginn der Pipeline."
... "Bereits vor der Bundestagswahl hatte es Gerüchte gegeben, Schröder könne Berater für den staatlich kontrollierten Gazprom-Konzern werden. Damals waren diese kategorische dementiert worden. Gazprom gilt als verlängerter Arm des Kreml und besitzt neben dem Energiegeschäft auch eine Medien-Sparte, die unter anderem den früher regierungskritischen Nachrichtensender NTW übernommen hat.
Wie die "Berliner Zeitung" berichtet, geht Schröders Ernennung auf Initiative der russischen Seite zurück."
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder - "Der Altbundeskanzler werde Aufsichtsratschef des Pipeline-Konsortiums NEGP Company tätig, sagte der Chef des russischen Gaskonzerns Gazprom, Alexej Miller, heute in Babajewo am Rande der Zeremonie zum Baubeginn der Pipeline."
... "Bereits vor der Bundestagswahl hatte es Gerüchte gegeben, Schröder könne Berater für den staatlich kontrollierten Gazprom-Konzern werden. Damals waren diese kategorische dementiert worden. Gazprom gilt als verlängerter Arm des Kreml und besitzt neben dem Energiegeschäft auch eine Medien-Sparte, die unter anderem den früher regierungskritischen Nachrichtensender NTW übernommen hat.
Wie die "Berliner Zeitung" berichtet, geht Schröders Ernennung auf Initiative der russischen Seite zurück."
Stichworte: Schröder, Putin, GAZPROM, Gas, Sprache: deutsch, Archiv: #
Strasbourg / Kehl Summit Declaration 2009
Press Release: (2009) 044
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Strasbourg / Kehl on 4 April 2009
1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in Strasbourg and Kehl to celebrate the 60th anniversary of NATO. We have adopted a Declaration on Alliance Security which reaffirms the basic values, principles and purposes of our Alliance. We have launched the process to develop a new Strategic Concept which will define NATO’s longer-term role in the new security environment of the 21st century. ...
7. Today we renew our commitment to a common approach to address the challenges to peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic area. We underscore that the existing structures – NATO, the European Union (EU), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe – based on common values, continue to provide every opportunity for countries to engage substantively on Euro-Atlantic security with a broad acquis, established over decades, that includes respect for human rights; territorial integrity; the sovereignty of all states, including their right to decide their own security arrangements; and the requirement to fulfil international commitments and agreements.
29. Stability and successful political and economic reform in Ukraine and Georgia are important to Euro-Atlantic security. At Bucharest we agreed that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of NATO and we reaffirm all elements of that decision as well as the decisions taken by our Ministers of Foreign Affairs last December. We are maximising our advice, assistance and support for their reform efforts in the framework of the NATO-Ukraine Commission and NATO-Georgia Commission, which play a central role in supervising the process set in hand at the Bucharest Summit. We welcome in particular the planned reinforcement of NATO’s Information and Liaison Offices in Kyiv and Tbilisi. Without prejudice to further decisions which must be taken about MAP, the development of Annual National Programmes will help Georgia and Ukraine in advancing their reforms. The annual review of these programmes will allow us to continue to closely monitor Georgia and Ukraine’s progress on reforms related to their aspirations for NATO membership. We also welcome the valuable contributions made by both countries to NATO’s operations. ...
31. The NATO-Georgia relationship has deepened substantially in the past year. We remain committed to fostering political dialogue with, as well as providing assistance to, Georgia. We strongly encourage Georgia to continue implementing all necessary reforms, particularly democratic, electoral, and judicial reforms, in order to achieve its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. We reiterate our continued support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
32. We encourage all participants in the Geneva talks to play a constructive role as well as to continue working closely with the OSCE, UN and the EU to pursue peaceful conflict resolution on Georgia’s territory. We welcome as a positive step the agreement reached in the framework of the Geneva talks on joint incident prevention and response mechanisms and we urge all the participants involved to engage in their rapid implementation. We note the renewal of the mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and the roll-over of the mandate for the OSCE Military Monitors. We call for a new mandate for the OSCE Mission to Georgia as well as for unimpeded access for UN, EU, and OSCE observers throughout all of Georgia, including the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. We are concerned by the continued tensions and violence along the administrative boundary lines and call on all parties to demonstrate restraint.
33. The NATO-Russia partnership was conceived as a strategic element in fostering security in the Euro-Atlantic area, and we remain committed to it. Dialogue and cooperation between NATO and Russia are important for our joint ability to meet effectively common security threats and challenges. We reaffirm the importance of upholding the common values and all the principles enshrined in the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act and the 2002 Rome Declaration by all members of the NATO-Russia Council. Our relations with Russia depend on trust and the fulfilment of commitments. Since our last Summit, dialogue and cooperation with Russia have suffered from profound disagreements on a number of issues. The Alliance will continue to assess developments in relations with Russia.
34. We urge Russia to meet its commitments with respect to Georgia, as mediated by the European Union on 12 August² and 8 September 2008. In this context, we view Russia’s withdrawal from the areas it has committed to leave as essential. We have welcomed steps taken to implement those commitments, but the withdrawal is still incomplete. The Alliance has condemned Russia’s recognition of the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia as independent states, and continues to call on Russia to reverse its recognition which contravenes the founding values and principles of the NATO-Russia Council, the OSCE principles on which the security of Europe is based, and the United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Georgia’s territorial integrity, which Russia endorsed. In addition, the build-up of Russia’s military presence in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia without the consent of the Government of Georgia is of particular concern.
35. Despite our current disagreements, Russia is of particular importance to us as a partner and neighbour. NATO and Russia share common security interests, such as the stabilisation of Afghanistan; arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation of WMD, including their means of delivery; crisis management; counter-terrorism; counter-narcotics; and anti-piracy. Following through with the decisions taken by the Foreign Ministers at their meetings in December 2008 and March 2009, we look forward to the reconvening of formal NATO-Russia Council meetings, including at Ministerial level, as soon as possible before summer 2009. We are committed to using the NATO-Russia Council as a forum for political dialogue on all issues – where we agree and disagree – with a view towards resolving problems, addressing concerns and building practical cooperation. We are convinced that the NATO-Russia Council has not exploited its full potential. We therefore stand ready, in the NATO-Russia Council, to assess possibilities for making it a more efficient and valuable instrument for our political dialogue and practical cooperation. ...
58. We remain concerned with the persistence of protracted regional conflicts in the South Caucasus and the Republic of Moldova. It is essential for all parties in these regions to engage constructively in peaceful conflict resolution. We call on them all to avoid steps that undermine regional security and stability, and to respect the current negotiation formats. We continue to support the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, and will also continue to support efforts towards a peaceful settlement of these regional conflicts, taking into account these principles. We welcome OSCE efforts and processes in these regions, to which the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform could be a useful complement.
59. The Alliance will continue to consult on the most immediate risks in the field of energy security. In Bucharest we agreed principles which govern NATO’s approach in the field of energy security, and options and recommendations for further activities. The Alliance has continued to implement these recommendations. Today we have noted a “Report on Progress Achieved in the Area of Energy Security”. The disruption of the flow of natural gas in January 2009 seriously affected a number of Allies and Partner countries. The issues of a stable and reliable energy supply, diversification of routes, suppliers and energy sources, and the interconnectivity of energy networks, remain of critical importance. Today we have declared our continuing support for efforts aimed at promoting energy infrastructure security. In accordance with the Bucharest decisions, we will continue to ensure that NATO’s endeavours add value and are fully coordinated and embedded within those of the international community, which features a number of organisations that are specialised in energy security. We task the Council in Permanent Session to prepare an interim report for the Foreign Ministers’ meeting in December 2009 and a further report on the progress achieved in the area of energy security for our consideration at our next Summit. ...
Stichworte: Georgien, Russland, NATO, Sprache: englisch, Archiv: #
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