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"Providing electricity is very important to Europe, but we must have . interconnection with Europe by laying high-voltage cables under the Mediterranean." Mohamed Arkab, Algerian Energy Minister
The European Union's energy commissioner hailed a "long-term strategic partnership" with Algeria Tuesday as the bloc turns to Africa's biggest gas exporter to fill a gap left by Russian supplies."As the relationship with Russia, so far EU's biggest gas supplier, is irreversibly broken, we are turning to the EU's reliable suppliers to fill in the gap," said Kadri Simson."In this respect we are offering Algeria a long-term strategic partnership."