DUBLIN, Ireland, November 12. The development
of renewable energy, expansion of cross-border interconnections and
improvements in energy efficiency are essential to ensuring more
affordable and secure energy supplies for Europe, Irish Prime
Minister Micheál Martin said, Trend's special correspondet
reports.
He made the remarks while summarizing the European Political
Community (EPC) summit in Dublin.
He said European countries needed to make clean and affordable
energy available to households and businesses.
"Moving away from fossil fuels, increasing our capacity to
generate and to share renewable energy, developing our grids and
interconnectors and improving our energy efficiency is the route to
a more secure and affordable future for all Europeans," Martin
said.
He stressed that the energy transition should be accompanied by
infrastructure development enabling countries to generate and
transmit renewable electricity more efficiently.
Summarizing the summit, the prime minister also highlighted the
need to strengthen Europe's competitiveness, develop innovation and
enhance cooperation in countering hybrid threats.
Martin reaffirmed his support for Ukraine and expressed hope for
a swift achievement of peace.
