The rapprochement with Ukraine and gas transit: what Medvedev said, Medvedchuk and smartly
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with the commissioners of the Ukrainian party "the Opposition platform for life," Victor Medvedchuk, Vadim Rabinovich, Yuriy Boyko and Taras Kozak in Moscow office of " United Russia ". During the talks, the politicians discussed prospects of relations
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with the commissioners of the Ukrainian party "the Opposition platform for life," Victor Medvedchuk, Vadim Rabinovich, Yuriy Boyko and Taras Kozak in Moscow office of " United Russia ". During the talks, the politicians discussed prospects of relations between Moscow and Kiev, the issues of gas pumped in transit, and the situation around the cancelled teleconference with the channel NewsOne. Key statements in the material of the Fins news .
at the beginning of the talks, Medvedev said that he considers wrong, the lack of dialogue between the Russian and Ukrainian parties. He expressed support for " the Opposition platform ", which is working to resume contacts with Moscow, and said that United Russia is ready for dialogue with the Ukrainian people's elected representatives on any topic.
However, He said about productive meeting with Boyko and Medvedchuk During the presidential campaign in Ukraine.
He was confident that States will again grow closer to each other, the only question is when It will happen.
Medvedchuk agreed that inter-party and inter-parliamentary talk of Russia and Ukraine overdue. He expressed the hope that those present at the meeting, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada will be able to log in to the new composition of the Ukrainian Parliament and contribute to the normalization of relations between Moscow and Kiev.
Medvedchuk also said that following the meeting with Medvedev will prepare a Memorandum on inter-party cooperation. He added that in the future, will lead the dialogue on the signing of the agreement on inter-parliamentary dialogue.
talking about the possibilities of establishing relations between Kiev and the capital of Russia, the Prime Minister said that as long as Russia has not received clear signals about what the political course will carry the new leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Naturally, we expected the results of the elections to the Verkhovna Rada ", - Medvedev said, expressing hope that the new Parliament will better reflect " the aspirations of million of citizens of Ukraine ".
for its part, Medvedchuk said that Ukraine is tired of the aggression that was imposed by the previous management. The new Head of the country, in his vision, was not in a hurry in matters of the world.
He added that it is impossible to radically change the economic course of Ukraine to achieve peace in the Donbass without cooperation with Russia.
Speaking about the problem of pumping gas transit through Ukraine, the Prime Minister said that in current situation there are two solutions - to maintain a valid contract for a while or go towards the creation of a cartel.
He made the initiative to look "relaxed look" that this could happen.
in addition, the Prime Minister called "absurd and ridiculous" a situation In which Ukrainian consumers pay for gas on 25% more than they could.
"All the exercises of individual Directors of the gas industry who do this - they absolutely untenable," said He.
Attention the Prime Minister paid to the situation around the cancelled teleconference between channels "Russia 1" and NewsOne, who had to be held July 12. The event fell through due to threats against Ukrainian leading broadcast and their families. Then, NewsOne brought the case under the criminal code pursuant to item " Financing of terrorism ".
The head of government reminded that in the period of aggravation of relations of the Soviet Union with the United States in the early 1980-ies no one has taken out for the teleconference.
"This happened in the background, when leader Ronald Reagan said:" I now gave orders to launch a missile attack on the Soviet Union." Then he turned and said: "This is a joke ". But we are aware to what level reached the confrontation, " He said.
The Prime Minister expressed the hope that "odd trends and strange deeds" of Kiev will remain in the past and people to people contacts " be the same ".
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