France to Push for Stronger Tracking of Russian LNG Supplies

  • Paris wants stricter transparency measures on LNG importers
  • EU energy ministers are meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday

An LNG tanker docked at a liquefied natural gas plant on Sakhalin island, Russia.

Photographer: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
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France and several other European Union member states are set to call for stricter tracking of Russian liquefied natural gas imports to help phase out reliance on Moscow’s supplies of the fuel.

Paris wants more measures to provide information on suppliers as deliveries of Russian LNG to Europe continue to rise despite calls for reductions by the bloc’s leaders.