Romania supports the Nabucco gas pipeline project, but doesn't rule out participation in other European projects, such as South Stream, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday, Mediafax news agency reports.
"Romania is giving priority to the Nabucco project, the Constanta-Trieste gas pipeline and the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Constanta...but we are not neglecting the other European projects being discussed," Boc said.
Asked if he included South Stream in the list of the European projects in which Romania would like to be involved, Boc answered the country might take part in all the projects.
He added the most important thing for Romania is to play a strategic role in any of them.
Nabucco, linking Turkey to Central Europe via Romania, aims to supply natural gas from the Caspian to Central Europe via Turkey and Romania, bypassing Russia. The project is supported by the European Union and the U.S.
South Stream is being developed by Russia's OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) and Italy's Eni SpA (E) deliver Russian natural gas to Europe, bypassing Ukraine.