In order to reduce dependence on Russia, the chairman of the European Commission went to Azerbaijan to sign a new contract

According to Reuters on July 18, the European Commission Chairman Ursula Von der Leyen went to Baku on Monday to seek more natural gas from Azerbaijan to reduce dependence on Russia's energy.

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The European Commission posted on Twitter on the 17th: "Energy import diversification is a priority of the EU. Chairman Feng Delin and EU energy specialist Kadri Simson will go to Azerbaijan to further strengthen cooperation tomorrow. "The tweet also accused Russia" continuing its energy supply ".

Reuters said that a draft documents learned on July 14 showed that the European Commission had proposed to EU member states to sign a procurement contract with Azerbaijan to increase the import of natural gas and expand a pipeline for this. It is reported that the European Commission did not comment immediately.

It is reported that the EU governments have previously agreed to gradually implement the embargo on Russia's oil. At the same time, Russia has stopped through Poland's natural gas transportation this year, and has been restricted by Russian -Ukraine's natural gas transportation through Ukraine. In June, affected by Western sanctions on Russia, the "Beixi-1" gas transmission pipeline of Russia's Natural Gas Industry Corporation reduced natural gas flow due to technical problems such as components. On July 11, the company suspended natural gas supply for 10 days on the grounds of annual maintenance of the "Beixi-1" gas transmission pipeline.

Reuters pointed out that on Sunday, Russia's Permanent Organization of Vienna International Organization Mikhail Uliyev said on Twitter: "Russia has never refused to continue to supply natural gas to Europe and fully obeys its contract obligations."

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