Germany To Pursue Economic Ties With Russia In Line With Core EU Rules

Germany to Pursue Economic Ties With Russia in Line With Core EU Rules

Germany will be guided by the European rules of the game when shaping economic cooperation with Russia, a Foreign Office spokesperson said on Friday

BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2022) Germany will be guided by the European rules of the game when shaping economic cooperation with Russia, a Foreign Office spokesperson said on Friday.

"Germany is naturally interested in an economic relationship with Russia but...

we as Europeans have a more fundamental interest in complying with the rules," Christofer Burger told a press conference.

The German Eastern business Association said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would hold a traditional closed-door meeting with German businesspeople, although no date was given. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed this.