Germany: Russia to work on ensuring energy security in Eurasia - energy minister

Russia is ready to become a guarantor of energy security in Eurasia and to meet all the needs of its European partners, said Alexander Novak, Energy Minister of Russia, during the conference "Europe and Eurasia: Towards the New Model of Energy Security" in Berlin, Monday. Novak also stated that currently there are no effective alternative ways or producers who can fully ensure the needs of European customers. The conference "Europe and Eurasia: Towards the New Model of Energy Security" started in Berlin on April 13. The high-level conference is to address the future of EU-Russia energy relations in the context of the Ukraine crisis and future prospects for energy relations between the two sides.