According to the head of the German Foreign Ministry, economic dependence on Russia “does not lead to security,” so Germany will completely abandon Russian energy carriers in the future
Annalena Berbock
In the future, Germany will completely and permanently abandon energy carriers from Russia. This was stated by the head of German diplomacy Annalena Berbock at a joint conference with the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba, FAZ reports.
“We are reducing our dependence on Russian energy carriers to zero with all the consequences. And it’s forever,” she said.
Berbok also stated that there can be no agreements with Russia behind Ukraine’s back. In addition, she promised Kiev support for EU accession, stressing that “no shortcut” is possible here.
Berbok became the first member of the German Cabinet of Ministers to visit Ukraine after the start of the Russian special operation on February 24. In mid-April, Bild newspaper reported that German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier also wanted to come to Kiev, but Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky refused to accept him. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the refusal annoying. He also said that the position of the Ukrainian authorities in relation to Steinmeier hinders the Chancellor’s arrival in Kiev. Later Zelensky called Steinmeier, and, according to the German side, the politicians “eliminated the annoying factors that were in the past.”
Since the beginning of the special operation, EU countries have imposed five packages of sanctions against Moscow. The restrictions also affected top officials of the state, large industrial and financial organizations, the reserves of the Central Bank and the supply of certain types of energy resources. At the same time, the sanctions did not affect the import of Russian oil and gas.
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On May 8, the countries of the “Big Seven” (G7), which includes Germany, agreed to gradually abandon the import of Russian oil or impose an embargo after the United States. The German Ministry of Economy previously noted that the rejection of Russian oil would be a “heavy burden”, however, they indicated their readiness to take this step.
Scholz previously indicated that sanctions against Russia can be lifted only after coordination with Ukraine. “We can and are going to lift our sanctions only in agreement with Ukraine. I think many people in the Kremlin have not realized this yet. For Russia, this has devastating consequences,” he said.
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