Russian diplomat points out EU refusal to establish contacts with Eurasian Economic Union
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the EU could work together meaningfully, but Brussels is unwilling to establish contacts, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Nebenzya said at an international conference in Minsk, organized by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry together with the UN Economic Commission for Europe. “We have been long calling on the EU to work together in order to form a united economic space. We are still...
Russia ready to extend Turkish stream after written guarantees from EU
Russia is ready to extend the second line of the Turkish stream pipeline only after receiving written guarantees of the project implementation from the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today at the meeting with members of the Association of European Businesses. “Russia and Turkey signed an agreement on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline in the direction of Europe, in particular Greece,” the minister...
Russian diplomat does not rule out Ukraine may provoke another gas crisis with EU
Ukraine may provoke another crisis in gas relations between Moscow and the European Union if it steals Russian gas meant for transit to Europe in the wintertime, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said on Monday. “To live through a winter normally, there are calculations of how much gas is to be pumped to storage facilities in the summertime,” he said. “I’d refrain from citing...
“Russia wants EU to be united, independent”
Russia would like to see the European Union united, consolidated and independent, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today at the meeting with the members of the Association of European Businesses (AEB). “We have pointed out more than once that we want to see the European Union strong, united and independent,’ he explained. “We are confident that projects of great importance can be implemented.” “Attempts to...
“Sanction opponents in EU choke off terror support in Syria”
Those European countries speaking out against new sanctions against Russia have actually choked off assistance to terrorists in Syria, Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament) Deputy Speaker Irina Yarovaya said today commenting on the fact that the sanctions issue had not been included into the final declaration of the EU summit. “Italy and those other European countries who blocked new sanctions against Russia, in fact...
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