MOSCOW, October 12. /TASS/. Professional and depoliticized discussions may find a way out of the global energy crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum.

"Today's global energy industry is facing unprecedented challenges and problems. For many, many years the world community has been driven into this situation by short-sighted and erroneous actions of a number of Western countries. The search for a constructive way out of the situation should, of course, become the subject of thorough, professional, depoliticized discussions, including on the platforms of the Russian Energy Week," he said.

Putin added that Russia was ready for a trust-based partnership in the energy sector in the interests of sustainable development and reliable supply of affordable energy to its partners. "And we know that this approach is shared by the vast majority of our partners and states around the world," he said.