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VOA interview: US urges Europe to end energy dependency on Russia

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Geoffrey Pyatt has traveled in Europe and Asia to discuss energy security.

Pyatt says Europe should use the Dec. 31 expiration of a gas transit contract between Ukraine and Russia to decisively end its dependency on Russian energy.

He said he is encouraged that Europe sees American liquid natural gas as part of its energy solution.

The energy and gas trade has been the principal vector of Russian influence on the Ukrainian economy since independence.

Ukraine will not become a member of the European Union in one day , Pyatt says.

"Fulfilling the aspirations that the Ukrainian people expressed during the revolution of dignity, when I was ambassador in Kyiv , is as important today as it's ever been," he says.

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