International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih ​Birol said on Friday ‌that looking to Russia for gas supplies will ​be economically and politically ​wrong, given the incoming ⁠global LNG supply.

"The current ​crisis in the Middle ​East has led to questions in some quarters about whether ​to go back ​to Russia or not," Birol told ‌reporters ⁠following a meeting of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and ​EU ​commissioners ⁠on global energy markets.

"One of Europe's ​historical mistakes was ​the ⁠over-reliance of its energy sources on one single ⁠country, ​Russia."