e.u. commission and many many russian officials including of course the russian prime minister vladimir putin some intriguing comments there about what's called the third energy package proposal from russia to the e.u. the e.u. commission president jose manuel barroso actually saying quite clearly that russian gas is vital to keep going but what the stumbling blocks over the third energy package that all distribution of gas to europe once your russian gas but who gets the rights and the profits to distribute it certainly the russian prime minister there being very outspoken in other issues they raise the current ongoing crisis in the middle east the arab world in north africa both of the both of them and condemning the ongoing violence and condemning the use of military force against protesters and civilians in libya both sides russia and the e.u. saying they're going to work together to help to prevent the influx of hundreds of thousands of immigrants whether it's through the republics of the caucuses or through southern and eastern europe the issue of energy was a big one between both major

commission. [instrumental music] >> i think the greatest example of how working effectively with germany and with other e.u. countries right now is in terms of the sanctions on iran and the fact that germans have been the, um, strongest advocates. >> we need to, uh, exert pressure on germany where it is engaging in, uh, a policy that is very much oriented toward the promotion of exporting, a neo-mercantilist policy, uh, that's again not that much different from china. >> it's important that we have discussions of this nature because we have to constantly distinguish between information and knowledge. the knowledge that comes from human interaction and people responding to one another in an exchange of ideas that emphasizes that emphasizes and underscores our humanity. [instrumental music] closed captions by captionlink www.captionlink.com

commission. [instrumental music] >> i think the greatest example of how working effectively with germany and with other e.u. countries right now is in terms of the sanctions on iran and the fact that germans have been the, um, strongest advocates. >> we need to, uh, exert pressure on germany where it is engaging in, uh, a policy that is very much oriented toward the promotion of exporting, a neo-mercantilist policy, uh, that's again not that much different from china. >> it's important that we have discussions of this nature because we have to constantly distinguish between information and knowledge. the knowledge that comes from human interaction and people responding to one another in an exchange of ideas that emphasizes that emphasizes and underscores our humanity. [instrumental music] closed captions by captionlink www.captionlink.com

talks with the european commission the sides will focus on an edgy trade cooperation and high technology and moscow's bid to join the world trade organization and you russia e.u. partnership agreement is also on the table. the u.s. says it's ready to start new talks with russia on further nuclear arms cuts earlier this month a key new treaty the new start between the two countries came into force which will see both sides slash their arsenals by third former u.s. national security adviser brant scowcroft told that the deal is a way to make sure nuclear weapons are never used. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward what it really does is that is continue the framework that we've built up really over fifty years of how to talk and how to deal with the military nuclear issue that if it continues that process and now we can look at ways we still possess over ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so we need to work together to ensure that those weapons are never never need to be used and that is to increase the stability of the nuclear bomb so whatever the problem between us there is no incentive to use them and i t

putin met with commission president jose manuel barroso russian prime minister roundly criticized so-called third energy package he warned that the new rules would increase competition in the e.u. gas market and simply make gas more expensive and then go it alone there's a challenge if you want to gas you shouldn't the transport system gazprom together with its european partners has built a pipeline under the baltic sea they tell us to let a third partner into it but how can we do this we extract the gas in russia together and then we transport it through our joint property where it will the third part they get gas they tell us to sell the gas at the european border and then you'll get the partner who will become the owner of the gas but if he buys it he'll have to get his profits from this business so immediately the price will go up. and some analysts believe the third energy package is way to have a lead in favor of european interests. you will get an edge if it's accepted russia will most likely lose some control over the market now it turns out the russia will have to become a supplier of resources or the europeans will have the flexibility to choose a supplier means of t

e.u. to coordinate their efforts in terms of foreign policy and economy that's according to prime minister vladimir putin who addressed the media following a meeting with the european commission president jose manuel barroso daniel bushell has now been following the latest events for us in brussels. obviously our question is dominating world affairs at the moment and this was no exception although vladimir putin has kept his powder dry on the issue up until now he has come out with a passion usually for foreign powers to stay out of the conflict in so much as to allow the democratic process and the people to elect their own leaders in that region themselves he gave several examples of how interference has brought the reverse effect it was because of that which is today we say we're concerned about things happening in libya please note the following the north african cell of al-qaeda is also concerned about what's happening in libya do you think that's a coincidence i would like to go back in history a little the former leader of the iranian revolution where did he live he lived in paris and as a whole he was supported by the western community now the entire western community

e.u. to coordinate their efforts in terms of foreign policy and economy that's according to prime minister vladimir putin who's addressed the media following the meeting with the european commission president jose manuel barroso. to brussels and. the conference for us and. he was quite fascinating watching the conference here prime minister putin talking about working closely together they covered a broad range of issues that about a visa free travel all of that about how russian gas is crucial to keep europe alive they talked about many issues also addressing the kind of ongoing instability in the middle east and the arab world what more can you tell us. the obviously our question is dominating world affairs at the moment and this was no exception although vladimir putin has kept his powder dry on the issue up until now that's allowed him to avoid the embarrassment of some e.u. big wigs foreign minister of britain william hague saying more my gadhafi is in venezuela just before gadhafi gave a speech in tripoli for example but now he has come out with a passion plea for foreign powers to stay out of the conflict in so much as to allow the democratic process and the people to elec