Europe needs to establish its own oil and gas reserves, which would be enough for 120 days, said the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek .. According to him, the establishment of reserves is a right step as the search for alternative supplies.In addition, Prime Minister of the Presidency of the EU is now the Czech Republic said that the European bloc is necessary to diversify energy sources, including increasing the share of nuclear energy. Mirek Topolanek also believes that one of the priorities for the EU should become a construction of a pipeline that would deliver oil to Europe from the Caspian Sea. Perhaps the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic had in mind the project Nabucco, which is still actively supported by the European Union. Statements Topolaneka sounded at a time when the transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine blocked. This was due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Gazprom ended January 7, fuel supplies through Ukraine, accusing Naftogaz “in the theft of gas. Ukraine has repeatedly denied the accusations. The renewal of the transit was to begin on 13 January, when the parties agreed to invite international observers, who should oversee the transportation of fuel as on the territory of Ukraine and in Russia. However, January 13, Ukraine was unable to take the transit gas, accused Gazprom in making unacceptable conditions of transit. In Gazprom’s view that Ukraine was unable to fulfill its obligations under the gas transportation. This returns whether the transit of 14 January, is not yet known.
