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gazoductul-iasi-ungheniToday (27 August) Commission Vice President Günther H. Oettinger, Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta and Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Iurie Leancă jointly participated in the opening ceremony of the Iaşi-Ungheni pipeline between Romania and Moldova.

"This is a historic day," Vice President Oettinger said. "We are celebrating that Moldova is directly integrated into the EU gas market. This will enhance its energy security and reduce its dependence from the only supplier it has now."

The 42km-long gas pipeline is the first which enables Moldova to get gas directly from the EU and international markets. The Iaşi-Ungheni pipeline is the first stage of the project: with the construction of a compressor station in Romania and a 130km-long gas pipeline between Ungheni and Chisinau gas can be transported to the Chisinau region, the biggest gas consumer in Moldova. Once completed, the entire infrastructure project can cover more than half of Moldavian gas demand.

The European Commission has supported the construction of the Iaşi-Ungheni pipeline with €7 million and has made available €10m to extend the pipeline from Ungheni to Chisinau from the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument.

Gas covers more than 60% of Moldavian primary energy demand and to date Moldova has been fully dependent on imported natural gas from Russia. Moldova is a member of the Energy Community and has recently signed and ratified an Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.

Further information about the Energy Community is available online.

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