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MILAN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Chris

Wright said President Donald Trump's priority is to bring the

Russia-Ukraine war to an end, without larger disruptions, when

asked how the U.S. would react to Chinese purchases of

sanctioned Russian LNG cargoes.

"President Trump's single greatest goal is prosperity in

America and peace abroad," Wright said in a press conference at

the Gastech conference in Milan. "He's looking at every possible

avenue to get that war to end without overly large disruption".

Arctic LNG 2 was set to become one of Russia's largest LNG

plants, with eventual output of 19.8 million metric tons per

year. The project is 60%-owned by Russia's Novatek.

But it had been included in Western sanctions over Moscow's

war in Ukraine, and has struggled to sell LNG from the project

despite beginning production and loading cargoes in August 2024.

Three cargoes from the project have discharged in China

so far this year.