Italy should be free of its reliance
on Russian gas within two and a half years, Premier Mario Draghi
told the Senate on Thursday as he reported to parliament on his
meeting last week with United States President Joe Biden at the
White House.
"The government's estimates say that we will be able to
independent of Russian gas in the second half of 2024," Draghi
said.
"The first effects of this process will be already seen at the
end of this year".
Italy imports most of its gas and around 40% of this imported
gas currently comes from Russia.
The government has reached agreements with several countries,
including Algeria, Angola and the Republic of Congo, to boost
gas supplies from them as part of the process of weaning Italy
off Russian gas after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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