On the contrary,
Russia is interested in a prosperous European Union.
VIENNA, June 4.
/TASS/. Russia is interested in a united European Union and is not seeking to
divide it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Austria’s
ORF radio and television company in the run-up to his upcoming visit to
Austria.
"For us there is
no goal of driving a wedge between someone in the European Union. On the
contrary, we are interested in a united and prosperous EU, as the EU is our
most important economic and trade partner," Putin said.
The Kremlin press
service said Russian President Vladimir Putin would pay a working visit to
Austria on June 5.
The program includes
talks with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Federal Chancellor
Sebastian Kutz. The parties are expected to discuss the current state of
affairs and prospects for Russian-Austrian relations in various areas and to
exchange views on key global issues. Putin is expected to meet with businessmen
from both countries to discuss matters on mutually beneficial trade and
economic cooperation with a focus on the 50th anniversary of the launch of a
large-scale energy project - supplies of natural gas from the former Soviet
Union to Europe, the Kremlin said.
The full interview
with Putin will be broadcast on ORF-2 TV channel at 8.15 p.m. local time (9:15
p.m. Moscow Time).
Source: ITAR-TASS
04-06-2018
