The continent has spent €6 billion on Russian LNG in six months but is “panicking” over the US buying Russian fuel, Mark Rutte has said
European nations are criticizing US President Donald Trump over his surprise diesel deal with Russia even as they pay Moscow billions for continued energy supplies, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said.
Speaking on Dutch TV program Pauw & De Wit on Thursday, Rutte acknowledged that some European countries “panicked” over the Russia-US agreement last month, admitting that he himself “raised an eyebrow for a while.”
However, he pointed out that Europe continues its own energy trade with Russia despite sweeping economic sanctions and pledges to reduce dependency on Moscow.
“Meanwhile, in the first half of this year, Europe purchased €6 billion in LNG from Russia. That’s much more than that diesel deal will ever yield. So, Europe is not holy either,” Rutte said.
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