Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held telephone talks, during which discussed the situation around Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. On Monday, November 14, reported on the website of the press service of the Kremlin.
Putin in particular emphasized that, under forecasts of weather forecasters, the winter cold is expected, so “may increase the risk of unauthorized siphoning the Ukrainian side of the Russian gas supply to Europe in accordance with the applicable contracts.” In this regard, the parties agreed that this issue “will be held contacts at the European Commission, of the Ministry of energy of Russia and “Gazprom””.
In addition, Putin and Merkel discussed the conflict in Ukraine. Concern was expressed that in the Donbass continues to be violated silence regime. The parties also noted the importance of continuing joint work on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, including taking into account the results of the negotiations “channel four” on October 19 in Berlin.
In addition, Putin and Merkel discussed the settlement of the conflict in Syria. Was raised a number of other bilateral issues, says the message of the Kremlin.
On 31 October it was reported that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine plans to adopt a resolution of the Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament Committee on foreign Affairs Anna hopko calling on the EU to abandon the construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” and to reduce purchases of Russian gas by half.
The summit of leaders “channel four” took place on 19 October in Berlin. The event was attended by the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and France Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko and Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The meeting was dedicated to discuss the situation in the Donbass and lasted almost five hours.
According to Poroshenko, following the results of negotiations it was agreed that the foreign Ministers of the Quartet will prepare a road map for the implementation of the Minsk agreements in November, also the “Norman format” agreed on the level of experts to continue work on the concept of the electoral law in the Donbass. The Russian side agreed to the introduction of the military mission of the OSCE in the area of the East-Ukrainian conflict.