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According to the head of the German foreign Ministry, “in these times, when there are a number international crisis, Russia needs to find solutions.” In this regard, during the talks they discussed the situation in Ukraine, the middle East and North Africa, preparing for the resumption of the Syrian constitutional Committee in Geneva (if the situation will make it), was marked by the commonality of approaches of Moscow and Berlin to the conflict in Libya.

Lavrov expressed concern about the cyber attacks made from Germany. “In the past and this year there were a significant number of cyber attacks against facilities and agencies in Russia, based on the German segment of the Internet”, – said the Minister. According to him, from January 2019 to may 2020 recorded 75 attacks. In all these cases, Moscow has sent notification to the relevant structures of Germany, however, the answer received only seven of them, to the same formal character, without specifics. “Ignore trade requests corresponds little to what is said at the political level,” Lavrov said. He recalled that the 2018 Russia and Germany held bilateral consultations on cyber security, but then they turned on the initiative of Berlin. Discussions are underway to restore contact.

did Not remain without attention and the construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2”. Lavrov expressed confidence that it will be implemented in the near future on a restricted number of participants. The Russian foreign Minister said that Moscow appreciates the principled stance of Berlin in support of this purely commercial initiative, which will help to diversify the routes of natural gas supplies and strengthen energy security of Europe.

the Russian Minister drew attention that the EU, unlike the United States, promoting its unilateral sanctions, refrained from their extraterritorial application. “And the United States do not see any red lines, no edges, as we say, grossly persecuted without any diplomatic clearance one simple goal: to have the ability and right to do whatever they please, and in world politics and the global economy, and in General in any sphere of human activity”, – said the Minister.

the Us administration seeks to impose its will on the European Union in the field of energy security. But Germany has its own position. As noted Maas, “transatlantic relations are of outstanding importance for Germany, but this is our sovereign decision of where we will purchase the energy.”

However, German business would like to cooperate with Russia not only for gas. As it became known to the German media in Moscow Maas brought a joint letter from the European biznesea new asking to open the borders of Russia. They fear that because of the situation they will bypass competitors from countries outside Europe. However, the issue of opening borders, they need to ask not only Moscow, but also Brussels: in the European Union insist on a unified European approach.

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Jennifer Alvarez is an investigative journalist and is a correspondent for European Union. She is based in Zurich in Switzerland and her field of work include covering human rights violations which take place in the various countries in and outside Europe. She also reports about the political situation in European Union. She has worked with some reputed companies in Europe and is currently contributing to USA News as a freelance journalist. As someone who has a Masters’ degree in Human Rights she also delivers lectures on Intercultural Management to students of Human Rights. She is also an authority on the Arab world politics and their diversity.