The Prime Minister of Bavaria said that Russia has no place in the "penalty box"
In world politics Russia is not a place in the " penalty box ", such opinion in interview to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung stated the Prime Minister of Bavaria (Germany), head of the party "Christian social Union" (CSU) Markus Zeder.
Seder said that he became a "staunch" supporter of transatlantic cooperation. However, in Bavaria, according to his statement, has always adhered to the policy of dialogue with Russia." in world politics Moscow is not a place on the bench of the penalty box, despite the fact that the Russian Federation, of course, Also contributed to the deterioration of relations with the West, " he said.
Seder also supported the construction of the pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ".
"because we want to abandon coal and nuclear energy for Germany important any options that will help to provide reliable power supply. I can't understand why the transportation of Russian gas via a pipeline through Ukraine must be reliable direct supply from Russia to Germany, " he said.
The warnings of the US capital about the danger of the European countries purchasing gas in the East, in the opinion of Seder, is the US desire to sell Europe gas.
"Nord stream - 2" involves the construction of 2 gas thread with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year off the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. The new pipeline is expected to build very close with the existing " Northern stream ". Against the implementation of the project are the USA, promoting plans to export LNG, and Ukraine, which fears to lose the revenues from gas transit from Russia to the European Union. About the political orientation of the project Also stated Latvia, Poland and Lithuania.
Moscow many times urged to accept the pipeline as a tool of influence. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for their part, many times noted that Berlin considers the project "Northern stream - 2" commercial, However, it linked its implementation with the preservation of gas transit from Russia through Ukraine.
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