The presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia agreed Saturday that a ministerial working group will be established to coordinate the three countries' energy policies.
Earlier, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez held a meeting with Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Bolivia's Evo Morales.
The working group, which will be formed by ministers in charge of energy affairs, is aimed at assuring the sustained economic growth of the three South American nations, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana told a news conference after the meeting.
In addition, changes in the three countries' energy demand, alternate energy and Bolivia's natural gas exports will also top the agenda of the working group, Taiana said.
Brazil gets about half its natural gas from Bolivia -- between 27 million and 29 million cubic meters daily -- while Argentina generally buys between 2.5 million and 3 million cubic meters each day.
Under an agreement reached last year, Bolivia should increase its daily exports of natural gas to Argentina to 7 million cubic meters in 2008.
Source: Xinhua
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