Energy, as a special commodity in market conditions, shall be available to all interested parties under commercial and competitive conditions, reads the statement.
Participants in the summit were agreed about the need to ensure free and unobstructed access to energy and distribution routes, as well as that all countries must enjoy equal conditions when investing in energy projects.
They underlined their readiness to harmonise their energy policies and promote joint investments in new energy sources and in renewing the existing ones, as well as in projects concerning the transit and transport of energy products to European markets.
Top officials from Southeast European countries also underlined the importance of diversifying energy sources and distribution routes, and of expanding the existing network of oil and gas pipelines so that they could benefit all the countries they connect.
The search for and use of energy products must not jeopardise efforts to protect the environment, especially in light of the problem of climate change, the participants said.
The use of alternative and renewable energy sources, such as bio-energy, solar and wind energy, must become a lasting goal and pivotal point of global energy stability, the statement said.
The Zagreb summit, hosted by President Stjepan Mesic, was attended by Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Alfred Moisiu of Albania, Traian Basescu of Romania, Branko Crvenkovski of Macedonia, Filip Vujanovic of Montenegro, Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria, Boris Tadic of Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic. Slovenia was represented by Strategic Development Minister Ziga Turk, Greece by Deputy Development Minister Anastasios Nerantzis, and the European Commission by advisor Cristobal Burgos Alonso.