Romania is strengthening its prospects as an energy hub on the map of Europe for safer, cheaper and cleaner energy by participating in the Green Corridor project, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.
„Today [Monday, editor’s note], at the ministerial meeting in Budapest, together with counterparts from Hungary, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria, we discussed the Green Corridor, the biggest green energy project in the European Union. It will connect renewable energy produced in the five countries, with Romania playing a central role. The Green Corridor will include the world’s longest direct current submarine cable, over 1100 km. By participating in this project, Romania strengthens its prospects as an energy hub on the map of Europe for safer, cheaper and cleaner energy – in that order of priorities,” Burduja noted.
According to the minister, the project is valued at more than 10 billion EUR and was launched in Bucharest in 2022, in the presence of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
„Also today, together with Szijjarto Peter, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, I signed the Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of Hungary on solidarity measures to ensure the security of natural gas supply. In a very complicated moment for Europe, but especially for the region we are in, we are strengthening energy cooperation with neighboring countries,” Burduja added.
In his opinion, the only solution is „to close ranks for the better of everyone”. The Energy Minister emphasized that Romania and Hungary assume the responsibility to react quickly in crisis situations in order to protect consumers in the two countries, without affecting the domestic market.
„I also presented the stage of the Neptun Deep project and reiterated that Romania plays an active role in reducing Europe’s dependence on Russian gas. I also told the Hungarian minister: it does not bother us at all to replace Hungary’s dependence on Russia with a dependence on Romania. We are a fair partner, with European values. Moreover, strictly from what we will not need for domestic consumption, we will be able to export at a good price, in the interest of Romanians – for development, jobs and economic growth,” Burduja added.
Furthermore, it remains of utmost urgency for the Central European states to develop their interconnections towards the EU’s eastern border, for Europe to continue to diversify its energy sources and to increase its production, the minister said.
„These are big steps that we continue to take and we will not stop, regardless of the manipulations and destabilization attempts of those who do not want either a Romania or a Europe on their own feet, without toxic energy dependencies,” added Sebastian Burduja. AGERPRES
