11/06/2025November 6, 2025
Energy ministers, executives meet to discuss supplying Ukraine with gas
Energy ministers from Europe and the were meeting in the Greek capital, Athens, on Thursday to discuss how to use a regional network of pipelines to provide war-battered Ukraine with gas.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, along with energy ministers from the European Union and leading American company executives, were taking part in the talks.
The meeting, hosted by Washington-based think tank the Atlantic Council, comes as US President Donald Trump looks to increase exports of LNG to Europe.
The US is the world’s leading LNG exporter. The Trump administration is trying to leverage that position to pressure Europe into buying more American gas by tying energy exports to ongoing trade talks.
Wright said he welcomed the European Commission’s plans to phase out Russian gas supplies to the bloc in the next two years, which will “both starve the Russian war machine and build a growing future relationship” .
Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Europe — already the largest market for US LNG .
As part of that diversification of gas sources, Western energy ministers and executives are looking at a north-south gas pipeline initiative linking Greece with central and eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and Ukraine, known as the Vertical Corridor.
Speaking late Wednesday during talks with US officials, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece is the “natural entry point for American liquefied natural gas into Europe” due to the country’s “very unique geographic location.”
“The Vertical Corridor is a project of great geopolitical and economic importance to us,” Mitsotakis said, adding that “we are very happy that it’s becoming a reality.”
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