The United States supports Ukraine’s efforts to connect with the European electricity grid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said in Washington.
“We’re also supporting Ukraine’s efforts to connect with the European electricity grid, an initiative to which we have contributed more than $138 million in recent years. Ukraine’s grid is now ready and we’re hopeful it may soon be able to connect to Europe’s grid,” he said.
Blinken noted that Washington supported other initiatives to ensure the security of Europe’s natural gas supply.
“These efforts are aimed at shoring up energy supply throughout Europe, including Ukraine, the energy security of which is particularly threatened by Russian aggression,” he said.
Blinken added that the United States was grateful to the European Union and its readiness to support projects that would allow gas to enter Ukraine from Europe.
“And we’re prepared to help those efforts through both our diplomacy as well as technical expertise,” he said. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)
