EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has said she proposed to returning US President Donald Trump that the United States could supply more liquefied natural gas to the bloc to replace Russian energy, AFP reports.

European Commission president von der Leyen said it was “very important” that Brussels engaged with Trump around “common interests”, pointing to her first call with him on Thursday.

“Common interests are, for example — this is one topic that we touched upon, I would not say discuss — it’s the whole topic of LNG,” she told reporters in Budapest where EU leaders were wrapping up two days of discussions.

Europe still received “a lot of LNG via Russia”, von der Leyen said, adding: “Why not replace it by American LNG, which is cheaper for us and brings down our energy prices.”

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