Angelina Timofeeva. Germany is trying to defend the new division of Europe in connection with the Ukrainian crisis, said Fins news the coordinator of German-Russian intersocietal relations in the government of Germany Gernot Erler.
"We wish to protect the new division of Europe. The danger that eventually the fall of the EU will develop its own path, and the EEU, significant. The proposal of the head of the German foreign Ministry to start the dialogue aims to protect such development, " said Erler.
Touching on Ukraine's participation in a possible model of cooperation between the EU and the EEU, Erler said that " Ukraine has signed the Association agreement with the EU, and it goes something more than a neutral position." However, " this decision does not mean that the relations, as well as among them economic ties with Russia, must be completed or truncated. We do not wish, " said Erler.
explaining the issue of creating a "Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok," Erler said that " this is a clear political signal, which is provided by the Russian side about the fact that it is necessary to conduct an honest dialogue about Russian interests in the space from Lisbon to Vladivostok ".
sections: Politics |