03:34German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he was 'against cutting all bridges with Russia' during a plenary session at Berlin's German Bundestag, on Wednesday, as parliamentary groups debated Russian developments including sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
During the meeting Maas said, "Anyone who questions Nordstream 2 in principle can express this opinion, but they must also consider, at least geostrategically, what consequences this will have and what it will mean for Europe's ability to influence Russia."
"They are driving Russia and China more and more together and they are creating the biggest economic-military alliance there is and I don't think that the strategy of the West should be in this confrontation and that's why I'm against cutting all the bridges to Russia in this context," he reasoned.
"We will continue to maintain dialogue, but the key is not in Berlin or Brussels, but in Moscow," he added.
Germany: 'I'm against cutting all bridges with Russia' - FM Maas on Nord Stream 2
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he was 'against cutting all bridges with Russia' during a plenary session at Berlin's German Bundestag, on Wednesday, as parliamentary groups debated Russian developments including sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
During the meeting Maas said, "Anyone who questions Nordstream 2 in principle can express this opinion, but they must also consider, at least geostrategically, what consequences this will have and what it will mean for Europe's ability to influence Russia."
"They are driving Russia and China more and more together and they are creating the biggest economic-military alliance there is and I don't think that the strategy of the West should be in this confrontation and that's why I'm against cutting all the bridges to Russia in this context," he reasoned.
"We will continue to maintain dialogue, but the key is not in Berlin or Brussels, but in Moscow," he added.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he was 'against cutting all bridges with Russia' during a plenary session at Berlin's German Bundestag, on Wednesday, as parliamentary groups debated Russian developments including sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
During the meeting Maas said, "Anyone who questions Nordstream 2 in principle can express this opinion, but they must also consider, at least geostrategically, what consequences this will have and what it will mean for Europe's ability to influence Russia."
"They are driving Russia and China more and more together and they are creating the biggest economic-military alliance there is and I don't think that the strategy of the West should be in this confrontation and that's why I'm against cutting all the bridges to Russia in this context," he reasoned.
"We will continue to maintain dialogue, but the key is not in Berlin or Brussels, but in Moscow," he added.