IEA同意与印度建立战略伙伴关系

    中国石化新闻网讯 据全球石油新闻2019年12月9日巴黎报道，国际能源署(IEA)在上周末发表的一份声明中表示，IEA成员国已同意与印度建立“战略伙伴关系”，这将为这个南亚国家最终成为IEA 成员国铺平道路。

    印度此举意义重大，因为在经济合作与发展组织(OECD)框架下运作的IEA仅允许经合组织成员国在其现有宪章下成为成员国，而印度是拥有非成员”协会”地位的8个国家之一。

    IEA署长法提赫·比罗尔在巴黎举行的为期两天的部长级会议结束后发表的一份声明中说：“这一战略伙伴关系标志着一个重大的变化——一个新的可以加强责任和利益的中间地带，并为最终成为IEA成员国提供一个试验场。”

    IEA说，印度是IEA确定的8个加强合作关系的国家之一，这8个国家和IEA一起占到全球能源需求的75%。2015年，IEA占全球能源需求的40%。

    IEA表示，在此次巴黎部长级会议上，IEA接到了一项任务，即采取下一步行动，加强与有关国家的关系，首先是印度。IEA与印度在能源安全、数据收集、可再生能源整合和能效等领域已进行了广泛合作。

    IEA在其公报中表示，IEA欢迎“印度表示希望进一步加强这种关系”，并邀请印度“参与磋商，旨在构建深化的实质性合作和机构关系”。

    李峻 编译自 全球石油新闻

    原文如下：

    India moves toward IEA membership with 'strategic partnership'

    The members of the International Energy Agency have agreed to establish a "strategic partnership" with India that would serve as a pathway for the South Asian country's eventual membership, the IEA said in a statement at the weekend.

    The move is significant because the IEA, which operates under the framework of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, only allows OECD nations as members under its current charter, and India is one of eight countries that have a non-member "association" status.

    "This partnership marks a step change -- a new middle ground for enhanced responsibilities and benefits, and a testing ground towards eventual membership status," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said in a statement issued after a two-day ministerial meeting in Paris.

    India is one of eight countries identified by the IEA for deeper partnerships, which together with the organization account for 75% of global energy demand, the IEA said. In 2015, the organization accounted for 40% of global demand, it said.

    It said it received a mandate at the ministerial meeting to take the next steps in strengthening ties with its association countries, starting with India with whom it has worked extensively on topics from energy security and data collection to renewables integration and energy efficiency.

    The IEA said in its communique it welcomed "India's expressed desire to strengthen this relationship further" and invited India "to participate in consultations, with the goal of framing deepened substantive cooperation and institutional relations."