EU seeks energy cooperation with Moldova

The European Union said Tuesday it is sending an expert to Moldova this week to discuss bringing the former Soviet republic into an energy treaty linking 34 nations in what the EU says is already the world’s biggest internal market for gas and electricity.

EU spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen said the mission was not directly linked to Monday’s deal between Moldova and the Russian state-controlled monopoly Gazprom, which had cut off gas supplies to Moldova in a dispute over prices.

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