Ministry of Finance of Germany welcomed the opportunity to gas agreement Greece and Russia – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, April 19 – RIA Novosti. The Minister of Finance Germany Wolfgang Schaeuble has approved a possible agreement on Greece and Russia “Turkish Stream” on the sidelines of the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, writes the German media.

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” I’m happy for Greece if it (the signing of the agreement – approx. ed.) really so. Anything that helps Greece, well “- leads words Spiegel Wolfgang Schaeuble.

Also, the Minister of Finance of Germany, said that the international community supports the position of Germany in relation to the Greek crisis. According to policy, action Berlin receive “support at the highest level,” referring to the words of US President Barack Obama that Greece can accelerate the negotiation process and to reach an agreement with the authorities of the European Union, writes Deutsche Welle.

On the eve German publication Spiegel citing a senior member of the party SYRIZA reported that Greece and Russia intend to sign a bilateral agreement, under which Athens as an advance payment for the construction of the gas pipeline “Turkish stream” can get up to five billion euros. However, after this presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow and Athens was no agreement on the granting of an advance on that amount.

Now Greece’s debt is around 324 billion euros, or about 180% of GDP. New Greek government, which included the Coalition of the Radical Left SYRIZA and the right-wing party “Independent Greeks” (Anel), seeking cancellation of international loans to hundreds of billions of euros have been spent on the stabilization of the Greek sovereign debt and partly to finance expenditure.

Russia in early December announced the cancellation of the project pipeline “South Stream”, which should pass under the Black Sea and through Bulgaria to deliver fuel to the Balkan republic and Hungary, Austria and Italy. The project was abandoned, including the non-constructive position of the European Union. Instead, it was decided to build a pipeline to Turkey and build on the border with Greece gas hub for Southern European consumers.