Russia to use G8 to display global energy role: DOE official

Washington (Platts)--6Jul2006

Russia wants to turn the upcoming G8 summit into a display of its status
as a key global energy player, while the US will press for free markets, Karen
Harbert, assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the US
Department of Energy, said Thursday.

She added trade would be among the top US priorities at the July 15-17
summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Harbert, who spoke at the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, listed securing critical energy infrastructure,
energy markets, and hydrocarbon alternative energy sources as among the energy
issues that will be discussed at the summit.

Nuclear power will be discussed, she said, noting the US has a long
history of cooperation with Russia on nuclear nonproliferation issues. Russian
plans for a nuclear waste repository and DOE's new Global Nuclear Energy
Partnership program also will be discussed, she said.

---Elaine Hiruo, elaine_hiruo@platts.com

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