EU-Russia Energy Dialogue

Ten years ago, on 30 October 2000, the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue was launched at the sixth Summit between the EU and Russia in Paris. Founded upon the mutual interdependency in the field of energy, for ten years the objective of this dialogue has been to strengthen the EURussia relations, increase confidence and transparency, as well as to “provide reliability, security and predictability of energy relations of the free market in the long term.” The Energy Dialogue is essential to continue to reinforce mutual confidence and to set the base for a strong and stable legal framework for bilateral energy relations. The Dialogue is also a fundamental tool to further strengthen the EU-Russia relationship.