BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.6. Moldova eyes long-term gas supply relations with up to 4 countries, Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Moldova Andrei Spinu said in an exclusive interview with Trend.
“Moldova is consuming ca. 3 bcm of gas per year. It is not a big number, but when you compare it with population of Moldova (2,5 million) it is substantial. Even with such a not huge amount of gas we should introduce and keep diversification rules. That is why Moldovan plan is to establish long term supply relations with three or even four different suppliers,” he said.
Spinu pointed out that his country cannot afford anymore to be under full dependency of one supplier as it was for last decades, and which resulted in various problems with supplies since 2021.
“That is why when we plan our future structure of supplies, we are focusing on receiving about 30-40 percent of our gas needs from each single supplier. And one of them would be of course Azerbaijan,” said the deputy PM.
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