“Inevitably, an energy transition will also be required in the medium term, because there is no way to simply buy more pipeline gas and LNG and completely replace the Russian gas that we consume.
This is simply not feasible, ”TASS quoted van Beurden as saying.
He also noted the need to implement pipeline gas supplies from North Africa and Norway in large volumes.
Earlier, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the European Union has not yet discussed the rejection of Russian gas.
According to the head of the Austrian company OMV Alfred Stern, Europe is currently not ready to refuse gas supplies from Russia.