place as investors into austria the total of. russia's investment into the austrian economy is over thirty one billion dollars and the reverse in mental investment is about six million dollars. we are implementing joint projects in various areas. the russian austrian business council has been very productive we have a joint commission on the konami corporation which took place recently session of which took place recently in may the austrian zelig ation was one of the largest delegations on the forum. i'd like to know the many year cooperation between russia and austria in the energy area. in the energy is fear we have been providing energy resources to as through a reliably and we have had transit over austrian territory to other countries.

undoubtedly this is one of the key aspects of our cooperation i'd like to remind you that following the results of our june talks gazprom and. our companies signed a contract to continue the deliveries of. the russians cut hydrocarbons up to the year twenty fourteen you can. and. we have a very strategic cooperation between these two countries. oil and far also participates in the construction of the pipelines of the north stream to project and to russia welcomes the austrian position in their support of this project because it is important for the entire european continent we have also discussed the issues of expanding industrial and economic cooperation. we haven't had

a positive assessment of the declaration signed in twenty eleven for progressive modernization as part of this declaration there are twenty eight in that innovation projects. that are being implemented i would also like to note such an important project as the creation of a railroad from should say in slovakia to vienna in austria once it's completed the volume of deliveries from asia to europe through the transit will increase manifold. and we will have fewer costs we have discussed and this changed opinions on international and global issues we have informed our ass three and counterparts on the approaches to settle the ukrainian crisis we have just exchanged views on that. and we have also talked

about the syrian peace settlement prospects for an active political process based on resolution two to fifty four of the un security council. and on the basis of the agreement reached as part of the astronaut process this will allow us to solidify the positive trends we've seen on the ground and create conditions for for the restoration of peaceful life in syria. as for how syrian refugees to return to their homes. is ready to join humanitarian actions communitarian projects that would help the citizens of syria what is important that any such action. is done in cooperation. and in communication with the syrian government to help the regions that suffer most because of war. soon will mark. the hundred year anniversary.

of the first austrian republic and tomorrow mr kurtz together with hands of his government will. attend an event to commemorate this one hundred year anniversary and in this regard i would like to express my. my best wishes to the austrian people i would like to thank mr courts for this useful conversation with had today thank you so much for your attention. ladies and gentlemen mr burton and i'd like to thank you me of for this invitation to st petersburg i am happy. that we've had an opportunity today to open this amazing exhibition in st petersburg which was previously.

gone to vienna it has been on exhibition there we have a high level of cooperation just as you've said with the good bilateral ties good economic ties and over the past two years we've had very positive progress i would strayed is about five billion euros and in this regard. i think it's important to know that we also have strong cooperation in terms of the allergists sector over the past fifty years we've get very positive cooperation between austria and russia between gazprom and the from the company in austria and. this corporation. consolidation is getting stronger with every year which is good we've had fifty years of the deliveries of gas from russia we just marked this fifty year anniversary and if we

look back we can see that this deliveries have always been reliable very stable and even in the most difficult of times. they have been very reliable. and this has been important both for europe and both for russia. it is very important that we receive this gas deliveries from russia the cooperation between gas brahman. are a good for our further. cooperation as countries and apart from humanitarian and cultural cooperation we would also like to have dialogue about democracy about. about law about human rights this would require of course of course a lot of positive changes and as the austrian chancellor and as

president of the european council this is what i would like to say. apart from bilateral ties we've also talked about relations between the e.u. e.u. and russia and we've also discussed. some urgent and harsh questions. such as ukraine and syria russia. as a great power. has a great responsibility. to find a political solution to the crisis in ukraine and in syria. today. just statement about syria. is. what i've heard from you. like we want to. remove iranian troops from syria and i agree we should do that and i hope that this will help find

a positive solution to this crisis also we need to resolve the crisis in ukraine in eastern ukraine because people have been suffering for way too long. as an active participant of e.u. policy it's. we believe that is also partly our responsibility to help resolve this issues and here we come closer to the problem to the issue of sanctions and i hope i have sincere hope that you as part of the minsk agreement would be able. to find ways to resolve. this situation in eastern ukraine. as a member state of the east. you we would like to express our solidarity with the other with our other partners. and.

we understand that problems still remain but. apart from the difficult issues that we have been discussing today. not just in austria but throughout the e.u. we see a willingness to improve relations and i'm positive that a peaceful existence on our continent both for russia and for the e.u. can be achieved only through improving our contacts the challenges we face today could only be resolved if we do that. we will continue to remain our. channels open. for the for the goal of achieving peace and prosperity on the continent thank you thank you so much. now we have an opportunity for for a q.

and a. christian living in goa. or soon to be. the question is with regard to syria first to mr putin. then to mr kurtz. is there going to be no one's. actually you know. you know. you can tell it in atlanta home and be nice. if you spoke to mr. about it live but about the agreement and it led to can we expect this to be implemented. could we expect some kind of military operations there the calls on the question. to

mr kurtz russia has been for several months working. to make european countries finance the rebuilding and restoration of syria. what are the steps that needs to be taken for europe to be ready to participate in this process. the question was about the in the deescalation so. we hear there were militants from all over syria brought there. and unfortunately there were a lot of representatives of radical groups such as isis and the al nusra front and others. actually we have. seen clashes between these groups. but this is not what bothers us what bothers us is that over recent times we've seen more and more attacks coming from this zone towards other syrian

cities including aleppo. another thing that. is. that there are. attempts. to show you to attack our military objects russian military objects. room including the air base and with the use of. self made drones. constructed by the militants. unfortunately we had no choice but to strike the areas from which these attacks came and this was the focus of our conversation with mr erdogan recently in sochi when he came to russia with a short working visit during the talks we've had an idea to create a democrat or a zone. which would spend fifteen to twenty kilometers that would

be able to ensure security for the civilians and for our air base so we've created these decided to create this develop rise so that would exclude any kind of militants already go groups such as isis and the and prevent any kind of weaponry be used in this area and i'd like to inform here today that we have been working closely with our turkish partners. and we can see that they treat these agreements as something very serious they have been very good in terms of keeping their word there have been implementing. the agreement and they've helped us remove militants from the zone and remove have the weaponry from the zone. so we will continue our work we will continue to

implement. the agreements including. creating patrols that we've agreed upon. with the participation of russian military police all of this would have been important without. the ties we've had with the syrian authorities and to without our cooperation with iran. but we have been going forward. very with very good progress and i believe that we will achieve the goals that we've set this is why i can say or do not see any military action in this so in the for seeable future we don't want fighting in this area. what we want peace and the instruments that we've chosen have been effective so far. yes and

the other part of the question was. to mr couper at this address to mr kurtz but i want to if you don't mind i'd like to express my own view on that i don't know how the how europe words acts in terms of helping the syrian population but i believe. that we need to deep allah ties remove the political ideology of political ideas from this process we cannot. separate. or draw some borders between the syrian population. depending on who they support. humanitarian approach should be based on helping people people. wherever they leave whether they live on the territory is. controlled by the syrian government or by the opposition. don't you

agree that we don't really shouldn't really care where these people leave they need to be helped they shouldn't suffer it doesn't matter who controls the territory where they live in this is the first thing and secondly that. europe is interested very interested in. helping the refugees return to their homes over the past six months hundreds of thousands have returned to the homes and all we need to do is provide basic humanitarian aid restore. water supply infrastructure electricity. things like that. if we restore the infrastructure that would help deliver aids medicine. and create conditions for normal life wouldn't if you're

a bit interested in that. oh also my colleagues when you told me that maybe the refugees that came to to go to germany and. they continue to receive social security payments they don't probably don't don't want to go back to the middle east or to africa why would they want to when the seller is they would have back home would be three times lower than what they receive in europe but what about those who live in the refugee camps in turkey and in other countries these are the people who could clearly return to their homes in syria and in other countries this is basic things. this is a very basic this is what needs to happen when it to help these people and we need to work together to resolve this problem which is not really that complicated and not really that costly but something very important.

of that. field and we can implement it. the e.u. is called upon to help syria into the west into syria the first thing we need to understand. is who is already helping. the e.u. . has already been providing a lot of aid on the ground. and. we have already been supporting we are already supporting syria in many areas and almost all the aid coming to syria comes through europe we need to strengthen the support so i agree with you that. this of frustration stop and rebuilding of syria is very important but it can also only be

successful if the war is over. nothing and unless the this happens unless the war. stops this wouldn't happen there are a lot of regional powers regional interests qua one to increase their. impact on syria their influence on syria what i propose we do is remove all foreign troops from syria i believe this is crucially important. and the second thing i want to say. is this. week. it isn't very important for us. to find a way for a political resolution of the conflict in syria. please i'd like to first like to

note the u.n. that the u.n. channels are very important and the channels we've mentioned here today are also very important. as well as the conversations we've had in vienna and. i hope that the existing formats within the u.n. will continue to function because they are the basis for long term corporation. and syria. interfax news agency russia. so today has been a very important day for energy. and right now we have just signed a very important agreement you have also talked about this during the russian energy a week in both cases. hugh mentioned north stream to project. he said that russia

will implement the project whatever happens but you said that there could be obstacles and problems. so are the threats of primary and secondary sanctions towards the participants of the north seem to project is quite possible. how high to believe is the risk that the project could be stored or frozen because of the sanctions because of their impact and the question to mr kurtz how high do you believe is the risk that russian partners will quit the project. well. when you think that all those who are interested in the energy. of you and international relations know the story of the south stream and how it failed. you

when we had our pipelines come to bulgaria right into the e.u. our bulgarian counterparts assured us that. whatever happens we are going to fight to build the south stream because this is in our national interests and this is something that. increases our geopolitical status and this will bring us a lot of. money just because we will have the pipelines going going through our territory this is what they said this or this will create us this will help this will help us create new jobs with hundreds of jobs but ultimately well gary was pressured to go back on their agreement and they refused to go forward. now you can they there is sort of a actually they they now will have to make new agreements to buy hydrocarbons from

other systems other pipelines and i don't want all europe to do the same to make the same mistake i've already said today and i don't want to make this point again but you russia. has been is and will be the most reliable supplier. among other things because the pipeline system. the project. when you were in the pipelines that goes from your mouth from say bierria you. are or have no transitory sex you know you and then again we see an increase in. the growth in the demand for russian gas europe is producing less and less of their own energy.

and so i think if we. start implementing projects like that this will hits all of us we are all interested in this project and we will fight. to implement this agreement. all the existing pipeline. are loaded up to one hundred percent capacity but the demand is still growing and it will continue to grow this is why we need it. so what is europe going to buy gas but from other regions from the us playing to why so three times or maybe more times more money for it you know they wouldn't so. it's very. reasonable for them not to do that it's very reasonable for them to buy gas from us

so. we will continue to do everything to make this project. true make them real. yes and it is in the interest of the global economy to see these projects finally and ultimately completely implemented this is the in the interests of both our nations peoples would be on. your part to respond to your question i'd like to say that it's the e.u. first of all the e.u. has its own interests. to next to move with. the e.u. is very responsible. with regard to this issue and the european states that are involved in the project will continue to support the project and we still supported but there are some legal issues that need to

be. ironed out. for us the interests of ukraine's the transit states need to be taken into account we have read that there is a strong interest within europe to have this project implemented. and i'm talking about the table supply of gas of course. we know it and there is a need for an enter just ability energy security. of and we believe this would require a lot of resources. as we saw the pipelines that are currently. function and are currently under construction are very important to us this is why austria supports the north stream to project and as i've said there are still issues to be resolved there as the cranium issue as you might very well known

. thank you. ok that's the russian president and the austrian chancellor there in some pay. at the moment they've just wrapped up their news conference they talked about the various deals they've been striking today on energy in that they also discussed. syria and problems in ukraine they got into energy as well because also in some petersburg as well as opening up the. exhibition in some petersburg there's also a major energy conference taking place there as well of austria's of envy and russia's gas probably taking part in that what they were discussing there were issues with making sure that gas and delivery from russia to europe can may be made easier after all the difficulties with projects like south stream president putin referring to political interference causing problems there and the austrian chancellor saying the use got its own priorities and it would like to see a stable supply as well so that's just some of the things that we discussed there

between the austrian chancellor and president putin on their fourth meeting together since sebastien kurds took office barely ten months ago now we'll also talk to a corresponding about that a little bit later it's coming up to two minutes to ten pm here in moscow i'll have your headline news on r.t. in just a couple of minutes. know you don't accept the soldier was killed i was ready to be a little bit. late .

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