The Estonian government is looking into ways to cut the country’s energy dependence on natural gas from Russia, by supporting the building of a liquidified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Estonia. Politicians in Tallinn feel that the project would be economically viable, if Latvia and Finland agreed to take part, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reports.
On Tuesday, March 29, the Estonian government led by the liberal Reform Party discussed the project at a cabinet meeting. Timo Tatar, Undersecretary of Energy at the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, told ETV news broadcast Aktuaalne kaamera on Tuesday that the state should learn, if other countries were willing to get involved in the project and explain them the options.
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«In fact, in order for Finland to be ready to join the Estonian project, it too needs to review what options it has on the table, as does Latvia. Then it reaching a decision that we will really focus on one project and help implement it will become viable. That is what we were tasked with by the government today,» the ministry official noted.
The head of the Riigikogu’s economic affairs committee Kristen Michal from the Reform Party added that he felt the three countries should stop buying Russia’s natural gas, which is cheaper than LNG, all at the same time, ERR reports.
Estonia not willing to build gas terminal without Latvia and Finland
