Belarus will enhance its energy security | in Russia and CIS | News |
February 10, 2010 – 12:17 am
Belarus makes relations with Russia agreed on the need to enhance their own energy security. Told a guest at the Munich security conference, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov in his interview with the correspondent of “Der Standard” Markus Bernath.
Speaking about his country’s relations with Russia and the EU , Martynov said that “in recent months, Moscow and Minsk are heated debates on the conditions of supply of Russian energy resources in Belarus. He drew attention to the Western partners that as an argument in a dispute with Russia, Belarus has never seized the opportunity to cut energy supplies to the West. Belarus – “very reliable transit route,” Martynov said, adding that Europeans should pay attention to it.
However, in regard to its convergence with the EU, the Minister proposes not to confuse the market and political reforms. “The true political situation in Belarus is much better than it seems the media”, – considers Martynov. Of course, he admits, “our society must be improved, but we do not do this at the bidding of the EU.
Much of the policy of Belarus is determined by its geographical position, continued the Minister. The country is located between the EU and Russia, and life between the two giants is not easy. Belarus is not an EU candidate, but neither is moving closer to Russia: according to Martynov, it is going to remain a sovereign state and an important wheel in this big machine called the European continent, “the Inopressa with reference to” Der Standard “.
