Russia is now a “strategic problem” for the European Union amid the crisis in Ukraine but Brussels will work to make Moscow a partner again, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday (04/12/2014).
Juncker also insisted that the huge South Stream gas pipeline to Europe could still be built, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly pulling the plug on the multi-billion-dollar project.
“Yes, Russia is a strategic problem for the time being and I hope that tomorrow Russia will be a strategic partner,” Juncker said after talks with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose country stands to be one of those …read more
Source: Herald LIVE
