Saakashvili Stresses Energy Security at Munich Conference
In an address to the Munich conference on security policy on February 3 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that the recent energy crisis in Georgia should be a wake-up call for Europe.
“In Georgia, our recent energy crisis taught us important, but painful lessons that we can no longer rely on one source for our energy needs, and that we can, as a nation, find alternatives and build a safer future. I believe Europe can, and must, do the same,” Saakashvili said.
He said that it is high time for Europe to launch “the construction of new infrastructure that will unlock reliable energy from the Caspian basin and Central Asia.”
“There is no reason why we should not develop a common approach and a common strategy that will create stable and lasting alternatives. Georgia is ready to host, promote and protect these investments to help ensure that the rest of Europe does not find its schools, factories and citizens as vulnerable as we and Ukraine were last month,” Saakashvili stated.
