Russia responded to the OSCE resolution against the "Nord stream - 2"
Russian MPs said the adoption of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly solutions, aimed Against the "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream."
Russian MPs said the adoption of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly solutions, aimed Against the "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream."
As stated in the document, the implementation of energy projects should be considered as a potential means of political and economic coercion dependent on energy supply countries. The initiators added to the text of the final document this language of steel American delegates, With the assistance of parliamentarians from Lithuania and Canada.
Senator Konstantin Kosachev emphasized the composition of the OSCE and the parliamentary Assembly of the organization, which includes 57 countries, including 29 members of NATO.
"We're seeing over and over again in the OSCE PA for the adoption of vote the vast majority, but decisions reflect only the position of the West, which aims to the maximum to contain, isolate and discredit the Russian Federation, pulling From her potential partners," Kosachev was quoted by RT.
However, He expressed the view that the Euro-Atlantic Commonwealth such solutions deprive the OSCE of any meaning. According to the Senator, the importance in making such a decision, no, it reflects the point of view of NATO regarding the projects "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream ".
"For us it is not a surprise, the parliamentary Assembly discredited, and once again missed the opportunity to discover some solutions that would benefit the whole of Europe, not a single group of countries ", concluded Kosachev.
the same position was expressed by a colleague Kosachev on the Council of the Federation Alexei Pushkov.
He called adopted subject to the changes document is an attempt to exert pressure on Austria, Germany and other countries interested in the implementation of the " Nord stream - 2 ". According to Pushkov, the value of such solutions is negligible.
"From the OSCE parliamentary Assembly, the Project is not affected ", - He wrote in Twitter.
"Nord stream - 2" will pass under the Baltic sea From the Russian coast to Germany through the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone of Finland, Sweden and Denmark, which until has not given permission for the construction.
in the European Union "Nord stream - 2" support Germany, Austria and Norway. Supporters of the project has expressed interest in a reliable uninterrupted supply of gas.
Act against Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, not wanting to lose income From transit of Russian gas to the continent. The US is also creating obstacles in the " Nord stream - 2 ", As supposed to supply the European Union's own liquefied natural gas.
The project "Turkish stream" involves construction of a gas pipeline from the Krasnodar region on the Black sea in the European part of Turkey. Its length will be 1,100 km, capacity 2 threads will be 31, 5 billion cubic meters every year. The construction is expected to complete by 2019.
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