The agreement marks a setback for the European Union and the US, which have urged Kazakhstan to export oil and gas across the Caspian to western markets.

双方的协议标志着欧盟与美国遇到挫折。欧盟与美国曾敦促哈萨克斯坦越过里海，将石油与天然气出口到西方市场。

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Examples include the breakup of the Soviet Union and the race for control of oil deposits in the newly independent states.

案例包括前苏联的解体以及各个新独立国家间为争夺石油储备的控制权而展开的竞赛。

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Many developed countries, such as the US and countries in the European Union, reconsidered their energy policy and significantly decreased their imports of oil.

许多发达国家，例如美国和欧盟国家，重新考虑他们的能源政策并极大的缩减了石油进口。

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"It is a double track approach,of course, to have a very clear position on sanctions, not only on Security Council, but specific new measures from the European Union on the financial side - on the oil and gas sector, in all elements that can give to Iran a very clear message that they have to move and respond to the requirements of the international community."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

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