"Developments in Ukraine have brought energy security concerns to the fore and prove the need to reinforce energy security in Europe," said a joint statement issued by the EU-U.S. Energy Council.
The statement also "underscored that energy relations with Russia must be based on reciprocity, transparency, fairness, non-discrimination, openness to competition and continued cooperation to ensure a level playing field for the safe and secure supply of energy."
The meeting comes a day after NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss the crisis sparked by Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.
NATO said it would suspend "all practical civilian and military cooperation" with Russia because of its actions in Ukraine, and that it had seen no sign that Moscow is withdrawing its troops from the eastern Ukrainian border.
It was the first meeting of foreign ministers from the 28-member bloc since Russia grabbed the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine last month, triggering the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.
Kerry: Wake-up call
After Tuesday's session, Kerry said Russia has challenged truths that only a few weeks ago seemed self-evident: that European borders in the 21st century would not be redrawn by force.
"It is important for everybody in the world to understand that the NATO alliance takes seriously this attempt to change borders by use of force," he said. "So that is the wake-up call."
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