Blocking the project South Stream by the European Commission is warning countries that seek to conclude an association agreement with the European Union. That said, the Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, quoted by ITAR-TASS. Chizhov said that Government of Bulgaria has been subjected to extremely harsh pressure before agreeing to freeze the preparations for the construction of the South Stream. I note that the European Commission does so with a country that is a member of the EU. In this sense, it is a signal to countries that aspire to the status of associate members, suggesting significantly less ability to defend its own review. I hope that this signal will be heard in Kiev, Tbilisi and Chisinau, Chizhov said. Moldova and Georgia plan to sign an Association Agreement with the EU summit on 26 and 27 June, and Ukraine hopes that day to complete the signing of the economic part of the document. Under the terms of the agreements these countries will have to bring its legislation in line with EU standards and fully open their markets to European goods reminds ITAR-TASS. Blocking the project South Stream by the EC is related to the crisis in Ukraine also said Chizhov. There is direct evidence that the actions of the European Commission to South Stream are directly related to the crisis in Ukraine, he said, noting that in a recent interview to the German media EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger questions directly related to the construction of South Stream with the situation in Ukraine. South Stream absolutely has a direct relation to Ukraine since its construction in the country will be deprived of their monopoly status Transit said Chizhov. Furthermore, according to the Russian ambassador to the EU blocking the pipeline can be viewed as Sliding transition to economic sanctions against Russia, reported ITAR-TASS and AFP. Its hard to shake the feeling that blocked by the European Commission to start work on the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream has been undertaken for political reasons, said Chizhov. He stressed that in his opinion in the case of South Stream role is played not only the Commission but also the United States, AFP adds. Russian officials pointed out that the Government of Bulgaria agreed on 8 June to stop work on the pipeline after negotiations with a group of U.S. senators, especially Senator John McCain, who is known for his negative attitude towards Russia. Moreover, the U.S. Ambassador in Sofia - Marcie Ries, last week criticized Bulgarias decision to award the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream Russian company Stroytransgaz which is subject to U.S. sanctions, AFP recalls. Now is not the time to do business with Russia, said Ambassador recalled the French agency. According Chizhov these words show that those who accuse Russia of using energy as a means of pressure, you must first look in the mirror. Europe project South Stream and Nord Stream remain a very important factor in ensuring energy security, says Nikita Maslyonikov Russian Institute of Contemporary Development in the newspaper Arguments and Facts. For EU countries, who are interested in the South Stream project in a sense is a serious guarantee energy security, said the expert. According to him, the process of regulation of the Ukrainian crisis, this project will izkrastilizira more and all these meanderings that occur will be removed. This (project) is a term for multilateral relations (Russia) with the EU and the bilateral relations with these countries, there are certain commercial benefit. And Gazprom has already received loans from many financial institutions western course, so there is a commercial interest - we still have put money, how would you put them back? We should not panic, the EU has certain requirements, you should carefully treat them, and possibly as soon as possible to resolve the issues. It is common practice in such projects, just now it is heavily colored by the events taking place in Southeast and throughout Ukraine. This is an objective fact ... I think that the situation is far from hopeless after a while everything will be fine, said Maslyonikov. Source: BTA, BGNES
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:58:19 +0000
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