Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of the Czech Republic—the President of the European Union—summarise their talks at a news conference.10.01.09.Part 1
Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации В.В.Путин и Премьер-министр председательствующей в ЕС Чехии М.Тополанек по итогам своих переговоров провели совместную пресс-конференцию.10.01.09.Part 1
Vladimir Putin: Ladies and gentlemen,
Today's visit by Mr Topolanek to Moscow shows that the Czech Republic, the President of the European Union, realises how serious the situation is with a gas crisis on as Ukraine sabotages Russian natural gas transits to Europe. We fully realise the drama of many European countries with the Ukrainian leadership's adventurist decision to stop Russian gas transits-which boils down to Europe's gas blockade.
I want to stress that we have warned our EU partners about the danger well beforehand. As you know, on December 18 Russia forwarded a special message to the European Union leadership and to the prime ministers of European countries importing Russian gas to warn them about tentative interruptions of gas supplies through Ukraine's fault. Our stance on the resumption of Russian gas transits via Ukraine is absolutely clear and explicit-we shall do it immediately after international observers are posted in the gas entrance/exit points on the Russian-Ukrainian border and, accordingly, in Ukraine and Russia. In compliance with the document we have coordinated, these observers shall also work in European importer countries. That should be the only way to guarantee contract supplies of Russian natural gas to European clients.
We were satisfied to hear from Mr Topolanek, our guest today, that observers had started arriving in certain European countries and in Ukraine. They are arriving in Moscow, too. As for Russia, we will do everything we can for those observers to start work as soon as possible. Their final goal is providing a united export corridor from Russia to Europe.
Everyone should see that there are two problems. One concerns relations connected with Russian gas for Ukraine, while the other concerns Russian gas transits to European clients via Ukraine. European consumers should not be made hostage to Russian-Ukrainian economic relations.
The present crisis proves that what we need is real diversification of energy export routes to our principal clients in Europe. We rely on the Czech Republic as President of the European Union to promote the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline and the South Stream on the Black Sea bottom.
I want to remind you that Ukraine has signed and ratified the Energy Charter, so European countries to whom unlawful activities by the Ukrainian leadership have done damage might appeal to the Energy Charter Secretariat in compliance with Article 27 of the Charter for the establishment of a special arbitration court. I recommend them to do so, and I wonder why they have not done so yet.
I also hope that Ukraine will proceed from so-called European values to comply with its pledges on this international agreement and on the contract between Russia, Gazprom and relevant Ukrainian companies on Russian gas transits to Europe.
Mr Topolanek said today that he had managed to get the Ukrainian President and Prime Minister to the negotiating table. I give him credit for his political gifts. If he gets some other members of the political elite to one table, it will prove that he is a politician gifted to the extreme, in the most sublime sense of the word.
We have agreed on monitoring, and I have some additional proposals to make. I deem it possible and expedient to arrange representation of mass media-Ukrainian, Russian and European-in all monitoring points.
We were pressed for time, and so could not discuss all problems in detail-but we had an opportunity to talk about Russian-Czech bilateral relations and relations between Russia and the European Union.
We have drawn a pressed schedule of meetings at different levels. The Russian Government and the European Commission meet on February 6, to be followed by a Russia-EU summit. To be sure, we should settle gas and other energy problems today. We are willing to do everything we can. I thank Mr Topolanek for his constructive approach to the discussion of today's problems.
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Ukraine-Gazprom.V.Putin.Итоги встречи с М.Тополанеком.10.01.09.Part 2by niknikolay890 views
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