The European Commission, the executive part of the Federation of EU said in a statement issued in Brussels, that it was watching developments with great interest matters relating to the interruption of the pipeline, which pumps oil from Russia to European Union nations, including Poland and Germany, also followed its impact on access to oil Other parts of Europe, including Slovakia and South-East Europe.

The statement issued on behalf of the European Commissioner Andre Piebalgs, added that European Commission had made contacts with the authorities in Russia, and Belarus to obtain clarification on this matter.

 
The statement said that there was no immediate risk or directly to Europe’s strategic reserve of oil, because of recent developments, adding that a meeting of the competent committees will take place later this week to examine the current developments and their impact on the strategic reserve. At the same time, European Commission sources expressed the concern of the single European dependence on energy from Russia.

 
The sources quoted the German presidency position on this regard through the remarks of Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier expressed its concern over the fact that Germany and Europe, largely to rely on Russia for energy.

 
sources said that the European Commission in Brussels, «following with interest the recent developments announced by the Polish Ministry of Economic Affairs, which had stopped Drodzba oil pipeline, which carries oil from Russia to Europe via Belarus, which has a major impact on oil supplies For European Union states, especially Poland and Germany, which currently holds the EU presidency.

 
The sources hinted that the latest developments came after a dispute between Moscow and Belarus, ended last week reached an agreement in which Russia pledged to reduce the white large part of the taxes on Russian oil and gas coming to Europe, while Moscow has increased the price of gas, which have doubled By Belarus.

 
The media reports had quoted German Foreign Minister as saying that his country was concerned by the reliance on energy from Russia, and stressed the necessity to work in order to define the regulations for energy consumption and reduce their dependency. The minister said «there are some developments of concern to the European side of Russia, at the same time, but forget that we are linked not only a common history.

 
Under European policy, which aims to avoid a crisis, the European Union could threaten access sources of energy to cross Russian territory, as occurred in the wake of the Russian-Ukrainian dispute, and the dispute between Moscow and Belarus, the European Union reached in last, An agreement to develop relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan, a country of former Soviet Union, the new agreement allows the EU to facilitate access to oil and gas of Republic, located in Central Asia, thus significantly less reliance on Russia in this regard.