In the leadership of the Federation ended dialogues of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. The leaders discussed Key issues of bilateral relations in politics, economy and cultural-humanitarian spheres, as well as topical issues of international agenda. Key statements in the material of the Fins news . One of the topics discussed was the construction of the gas pipeline "Nord stream - 2" which will take place off the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. According to Merkel, the project ought to bring to the end, in spite of extraterritorial punishment of the United States, which Berlin considered " wrong ". Merkel stressed that "Nord stream - 2" Is the most important economic project. for his part, Putin said that the Russian Federation will be able to finish the highway without attracting foreign partners, despite the punishment. He added that the "only question" is the time horizon. "without a doubt, completion will be pushed back for several months. But I hope that before the end of the current year or in the 1st quarter of next year work will be completed and the pipeline will start ", - said the President of Russia. Putin and Merkel also discussed gas transit from Russia via Ukraine. The leaders stressed the importance of prisoners at the end of the past year of agreements between Gazprom and Ukrainian partners, according to which deliveries will be implemented over five years. "It is gratifying that we have been very good agreement on the issue of pumping gas transit through Ukraine ", - said the Chancellor. The President of Russia has noticed that the new contract is mutually beneficial and balanced for the capital of Russia and Kiev. during the meeting discussed the settlement of the civil confrontation in the Donbass. The negotiators stressed that the Minsk agreement remains the only basis for the normalization of the situation in the South-East of Ukraine. Putin expressed the view that the law on the special status of Donbass must become perpetual. "We very much hope that the Ukrainian side will start implementation and a consensus on a political settlement. The extension of the law on the special status of Donbass - This is a good step in the right direction, But the law must be perpetual, as provided for in the Minsk agreements. You need to fix the special status of Donbass in the Ukrainian Constitution, which is also reflected in the Minsk agreements ", - He explained. the leader emphasized the importance of fulfilling the tasks of state " Norman Quartet ", was in the process of the recent summit in Paris. head countries also expressed about the escalation of tensions in the middle East after United States airstrike on the Baghdad airport on 3 January and assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Putin expressed hope that the crisis in the region will not turn into large-scale military confrontation, which will be " humanitarian, religious, and economic catastrophe." This development will lead to new flows of immigrants and huge damage to the world economy and energy, He added. "The fact that there is a war, - and so We see the so-called low intensity. But This is fighting, people die. It is a fact. Rather I would like to defend large-scale hostilities, " - said the President of Russia. in the process of the summit also mentioned the Iranian nuclear deal. Germany and Russia believe that we must create to keep the overall comprehensive plan of action. Putin recalled that in 2018 US said sole exit from the AGREEMENT and imposed penalties against the Islamic Republic, Iran said about the gradual reduction of its obligations During the contract. "Russia and Germany are strongly in favour of further implementation of the AGREEMENT. The Iranians have the right to rely on the support of the European States, who promised to make a special, independent of the dollar, financial mechanism for payments for trade with Iran. It is necessary that the institution for commercial exchanges - INSTEX - in the end everything has started to work ", - said the President of Russia. Merkel, for his part, said that Germany will use all diplomatic means to save the contract. head countries also drew attention to the situation in Libya, where fighting continues and increases terrorist activity. The Russian President said that it was important to put an end to the armed confrontation between the Libyan national army led by Khalifa the Haftarot and the national consensus Government, headed by Fitom Barragem. You need to establish a cease-fire and to have an impact on the resumption of the political process in the country. Putin drew attention that the situation in Libya, undermines the security not only in the region But in the European Union. Putin said the importance of the German proposal to host an international conference on Libya under the auspices of the UN. According to the Russian leader, its decisions must be previously agreed with the Libyan parties. He added that his role is to play a special representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Libya. Answering the question of mercenaries in Libya, Putin said that there are Russian people, but they don't represent Russia's desire not receive money from the country. According to his statement, in the conflict region at present, many mercenary military, and among them transferred from Iglinskiy zone in the Syrian Arab Republic. Putin called It a " very dangerous process ". during the negotiations the parties discussed the situation with the collapse of the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 in Tehran. Merkel said about the need to discuss all the consequences of the tragedy after the fact, how the authorities of Iran realized the blame for the incident. First day in Tehran, told that the plane was mistaken for enemy and shot down unintentionally. "Today, Iran announced It was a big mistake. The perpetrators incurred responsibility, found, currently, you need to find out from those States, where were those citizens who lost their lives ", - said the Chancellor. <span style="color:darkgray