There's a lot of agreement about speaking with one voice in the energy sector.

Dependency on Russia should be reduced. The diversification of energy supplies is a common project for the whole of Europe.

We will still talk about security of gas supplies in Europe and also about the Russian situation.

I would say that the matter is not entirely behind us. We have got to draw conclusions from this.

Russian natural gas will remain the backbone of European gas supplies. But we should strive for gas pipeline diversification and a search for alternative energy sources.

Dependency on Russia should be reduced.

Certainly, we will have to learn the lesson of what has happened in the last few days.

The ministers have today identified 26 measures and will recommend to the European Council [on 23-24 March] nine key actions for an energy plan.