The head of the Austrian OMV called Russia's refusal of the " South stream " unfortunate for Europe
The head of the Austrian oil and gas group OMV Gerhard Roiss called unfortunate developments For Europe " Russia's refusal construction of South stream.
" We were not informed in advance " - quoted by TASS message predstaviteli organization referring to the Austrian radio station O1. According to the head of OMV Gerhard Raissa, Gazprom had not been consulted with OMV before the announcement of the " South stream ". Reuss added that he expects negotiations with Gazprom on the South stream. He also said that " gas is not required to be used as a political weapon ". Chapter OMV showed that " Europe needs the gas and investors in the pipelines." For Europe this is an unfortunate development, because it needs Russian gas, without it can not do, - he said.- And in order to provide energy security of supply the necessary pipeline capacity. For this reason, what is happening is a step in the wrong direction. Today the problem that limited the supply of South-East Europe and the high degree of dependence on one supplier and one route through Ukraine, " said Reuss. Remember, first on Tuesday, the European Commissioner for budget and human resources Kristalina Georgieva said that the position of the EU on South stream was directed to the development of competition in the market, to protect customers from the risk of increasing gas prices. Prior to this it was stated that the European Commission wants to continue the dialogue with Russia and other stakeholders on South stream ", despite the Decision of the Russian capital to close the project. Also, the European Commission expects that the Russian Federation will provide explanations in connection with the failure of the implementation of the project " South stream ". On the first day of the week, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin said that the country cannot in the present circumstances to continue implementation of the " South stream ". A decision about this, as later said the Minister of energy Alexander Novak, took, himself, the head of Putin. At the same Director made the initiative Bulgaria because of this demand from the EU compensation for lost profit on the project. The Chairman of the energy Commission of the Bulgarian Parliament Martin Dimitrov called Russia's Decision to stop the implementation of the project " South stream " tactic. The head of the Republic of Srpska, which is part of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik resented the attitude of the developed countries of Europe, led to the blocking of the construction of the gas pipeline " South stream ". The head of the Serbian government Alexander survived called the decision of the capital of Russia to abandon the project of construction of gas pipeline " South stream " bad news ".
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