EU HR/VP Mogherini, Vice President Šefčovič and Commissioner Arias Cañete in Washington to participate in the US-EU Energy Council

On 4 May, High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, Energy Union Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will co-chair the EU-US Energy Council in Washington, D.C. Jointly with their US counterparts – Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz – the EU representatives will discuss cooperation on energy security and diversification of energy sources, with particular attention given to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trade between the EU and the US. Moreover, ways to achieve the clean energy and climate targets agreed at the Paris Climate Summit will take a prominent place in the meeting. The European and American representatives will debate how to create fair, transparent and liquid global energy markets, promoting energy efficiency, investment in essential energy infrastructure and deployment of new technologies. Cyber security of energy infrastructure and cooperation on global nuclear safety will feature in the agenda too. Moreover, the EU-US Council will explore global energy cooperation with Caribbean, Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries as well as its support for the progressive integration of Ukraine into the European energy market. “This year’s EU-US Energy Council is an important element of the transatlantic relationship and will be crucial in addressing energy security and climate action issues, on our sides of the Atlantic as well as across the globe”, said High Representative/Vice-President Mogherini. Vice-President Šefčovič added: “Working together with the US on bilateral and global energy issues will help us keep up the momentum to achieve a resilient and climate-friendly energy system globally. Our joint work will also help achieving the EU energy policy goals of secure, sustainable and competitive energy”. Commissioner Arias Cañete said: “Close cooperation between the EU and the US is crucial in keeping up the global pressure to make what we agreed in Paris, and signed in New York, becomes a reality. This is the only way for us to lead the global clean energy revolution”. A joint statement will be issued afterwards. Read more on EU-US energy relations.