BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday the Nabucco gas pipeline must not be subsidised with public money.
To curb its reliance on Russia, the EU is backing the Nabucco pipeline which would carry Caspian gas across Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to an Austrian distribution hub.
Merkel was speaking to reporters after an EU leaders summit.
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach via Berlin newsroom) Keywords: GERMANY NABUCCO/ (madeline.chambers@reuters.com; +49 30 2888 5230; Reuters Messaging: ann.chambers.reuters.net@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
To curb its reliance on Russia, the EU is backing the Nabucco pipeline which would carry Caspian gas across Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to an Austrian distribution hub.
Merkel was speaking to reporters after an EU leaders summit.
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach via Berlin newsroom) Keywords: GERMANY NABUCCO/ (madeline.chambers@reuters.com; +49 30 2888 5230; Reuters Messaging: ann.chambers.reuters.net@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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