SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NORWAY-ELECTRICITY PRICES-TASK FORCE

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NORWAY-ELECTRICITY PRICES-TASK FORCE

(220905) -- STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Minister for Energy and Digital Development Khashayar Farmanbar (R) and Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland attend a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sept. 5, 2022. Sweden and Norway announced on Monday they were ready to launch a joint task force aimed at reining in the soaring electricity costs in the Nordic region. (Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden/Handout via Xinhua)

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