MINSK, Nov. 26 - The producers and consumers of energy resources in Europe need a new Energy Charter Treaty, said Alexander Rahr, a prominent German political analyst and a member of the German Foreign Policy Council.

"I know that there are very sensible politicians in Germany and Brussels who want to discard the old Energy Charter Treaty, which focuses only on the interests of the Western countries consuming energy. What we need is to develop an Energy Charter that would outline the interests of energy producers, which includes not only Russia but also Turkmenistan or Kazakhstan. It should also take into account the interests of transit countries like Belarus and Ukraine," Rahr said in an interview broadcast by Belarusian television on Saturday.