We need to integrate our energy policy with our foreign policy. The danger of security of supplies for the first time is becoming an issue.

The member states have to really start working together, because 2006 will be a crucial year for energy policy.

There's a danger of putting highly focused policies in place, as costs can outweigh benefits. If you have security turned up to such a level that you can't react because nothing is getting through, then that's not the right level of security.

When you start to think about energy security, you must discuss global energy security, because there is no other type.

We've started working out systemic long-term measures for strengthening energy security, as set down in the presidential decree of 27 December 2005, which envisages an integrated approach to this issue.

That's the end of a correction, and people are flying back to the energy and mining sectors.