Proposed Nabucco Gas Pipeline Gets European Bank Backing
The heads of the EU's European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said Tuesday, Jan. 27, that they are prepared to provide financial backing for the Nabucco gas pipeline.
Spurred on by Europe's worst-ever gas crisis earlier this month, which left millions of homes across the continent without heat in the depths of winter, Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany invited top-ranking officials from both the EU and the countries involved in Nabucco to inject fresh momentum into the slow-moving project. Nabucco, an ambitious but still-unbuilt gas pipeline aimed at reducing Europe's energy reliance on Russia, is a 3,300-kilometer (2,050-mile) pipeline between Turkey and Austria. Costing an estimated 7.9 billion euros, the aim is to transport up to 31 billion cubic meters of gas each year from the Caspian Sea to Western Europe, bypassing Russia and Ukraine. Nabucco currently has six shareholders -- OMV of Austria, MOL of Hungary, Transgaz of Romania, Bulgargaz of Bulgaria, Botas of Turkey and RWE of Germany. But for the pipeline to get moving, Nabucco would need an initial cash injection of an estimated 300 million euros. Both the EIB and EBRD said they were willing to invest in the early stages of the project through a series of loans, providing certain conditions are met. "The EIB is ready to finance projects that further EU objectives of increased sustainability and energy security," said Philippe Maystadt, president of the European Investment Bank, during the opening addresses by participants at the "Nabucco summit" in Hungary. The EIB is prepared to finance "up to 25 percent of project cost," provided a secure intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco pipeline is reached, he said. Maystadt noted that of 48 billion euros of financing it provided last year, a quarter was for energy projects. EBRD President Thomas Mirow also offered financial backing to the Nabucco pipeline, on the condition that it "meets the requirements of solid project financing." The bank would need to see concrete plans and completion guarantees, besides a stable political agreement, said Mirow. EU wary of future gas crises Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, spoke about the recent gas crisis caused by a pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine that affected supplies to Europe. "A new crisis could emerge at any time, and next time it could be even worse," Topolanek said. He added that reaching an agreement on Nabucco is a "test of European solidarity." The latest gas row between Russia and Ukraine has highlighted Europe's need to diversify its energy sources and thrown the spotlight on Nabucco. But critics insist that the vast project will remain nothing but a pipe dream because its backers cannot guarantee that they will ever have sufficient gas supplies to make it profitable. EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs urged political leaders to commit firmly to Nabucco by the end of March, or risk jeopardizing the project. In his opening address as host, Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany called on the EU to provide 200 to 300 million euros within the next few weeks to get the construction of the pipeline off the ground. Gyurcsany stressed that he was not hoping for a loan, but rather for starting capital from the EU. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza noted that the Tuesday summit had made it clear that Gyurcsany, who dismissed Nabucco as "a dream" in 2007, was now fully committed to the energy supply diversification project. On the supply side, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan both indicated they would be willing to supply some of the gas. "Azerbaijan, which is according to current plans is a transit country, could eventually serve as a supplier as well," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan's gas reserves of some two or three trillion cubic meters would be sufficient to last "several decades," he said. Austrian Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner suggested that Egypt and Iran could also be brought in as suppliers in the long term. But a deal currently seems unlikely with Iran given the long-running international standoff over its disputed nuclear program. Russia, Ukraine still wrangling Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine were still wrangling over the details of the deal which ended their gas quarrel earlier this month. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Tuesday he would stand by the terms of the agreement with Russia, even though not all the details are to his liking. But Russian officials questioned his reliability, saying that the political rivalry between Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko could still lead Kiev to cancel the contract. "The agreements signed are not easy ones, but Ukraine fully takes up the performance (of its commitments) and guarantees full-fledged transit to European consumers," Yushchenko told journalists in Brussels after a meeting with the head of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso. The assurance that Yushchenko would abide by the terms of the agreement finalized by Timoshenko was "an important step forward in allowing us to focus on our broader relationship," Barroso said. But the spokesman for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Moscow still feared that the growing rivalry between Yushchenko and Timoshenko, who are set to face off in next year's presidential election, could torpedo the deal. EU in talks to upgrade Ukraine's transit system Yushchenko's working breakfast with Barroso was dominated by the energy question, with both men highlighting the need to upgrade Ukraine's gas-transit system and build more links between Ukrainian and European energy markets. The commission is set to host an international conference aimed at gathering donations to upgrade Ukraine's gas-transit system on March 23 in Brussels. The EU and Ukraine have agreed to form a joint expert group to plan the meeting, the leaders said Tuesday. During the conflict, Barroso had warned that both Russia and Ukraine were damaging their credibility as reliable partners. But on Monday he said that "in bilateral relations, we are not taking any negative consequences from (the gas row) because we believe Ukraine wants to deepen the relationship with the EU, and we also want to deepen the relationship with Ukraine." He also said that "we have to state very clearly that we were disappointed by the problems between Ukraine and Russia," and called for political stability and reform in Ukraine. His diplomatic balancing act is likely to have a frosty reception in Moscow, where Peskov said that Russia "would prefer to hear from the European states a very serious and severe evaluation of who is guilty for interrupting the transit."
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Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Ukrainian
President
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko
Tuesday
Russia
Russia Russian_Empire Russia_national_football_team Russia_men's_national_ice_hockey_team Russia_men's_national_junior_ice_hockey_team Tsardom_of_Russia Russia_national_rugby_union_team Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic Russian_Football_Union Russia_women's_national_football_team Russia_national_basketball_team Russia_national_rugby_league_team Russia_Fed_Cup_team Russia_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Russia_national_handball_team Russia_Davis_Cup_team
Russian
Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko Yushchenko_government
Prime Minister
Yulia Timoshenko
Yulia_Tymoshenko
Kiev
Kiev Principality_of_Kiev Kievan_Rus' Kiev_Oblast Kiev_Voivodeship Kiev_Governorate Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Kiev Battle_of_Kiev_(1941) BC_Kyiv Kiev_Military_District Taras_Shevchenko_National_University_of_Kyiv Kiev_(brand) Kiev_Metro KRLA Kiev-Pasazhyrskyi_railway_station Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
European
Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko Yushchenko_government
Brussels
Brussels City_of_Brussels R.W.D.M._Brussels_F.C. King_Baudouin_Stadium Brussels_Airport Memorial_Van_Damme Brussels-South_railway_station Donnay_Indoor_Championships Arrondissement_of_Brussels Brussels,_Ontario Belgian_Open_Championships Free_University_of_Brussels Brussels,_Illinois Brussels,_Wisconsin Trams_in_Brussels Brussels_and_the_European_Union
European Commission
European_Commission Barroso_Commission President_of_the_European_Commission Directorate-General_for_Education_and_Culture List_of_Presidents_of_the_European_Commission European_Commissioner European_Agency_for_Safety_and_Health_at_Work Marie_Skłodowska-Curie_Actions Legal_Acts_of_the_European_Union STARTS_Prize Directorate-General_for_European_Civil_Protection_and_Humanitarian_Aid_Operations European_Commissioner_for_Energy Directorate-General_for_International_Cooperation_and_Development European_Commissioner_for_Education,_Culture,_Multilingualism_and_Youth Internationalization_of_the_Danube_River European_Atomic_Energy_Community
Jose Manuel Barroso
José_Manuel_Barroso
Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko Yushchenko_government
Timoshenko
Andrei_Timoshenko Stephen_Timoshenko Semyon_Timoshenko Tymoshenko Timoshenko_beam_theory Yulia_Tymoshenko
Barroso
José_Manuel_Barroso Barroso_(region) Barroso,_Minas_Gerais Brazilian_ironclad_Barroso Abelardo_Barroso Esporte_Clube_Barroso Ary_Barroso
Russian
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir_Putin
Moscow
Moscow Moscow,_Idaho Kremlin_Cup Moscow_Oblast Moscow_Governorate FC_Moscow Luzhniki_Stadium Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow Moscow_State_University Moscow,_Pennsylvania Moscow_Metro 1980_Summer_Olympics Moscow_Raceway Battle_of_Moscow Moscow,_Tennessee Megasport_Sport_Palace
Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko Yushchenko_government
Timoshenko
Andrei_Timoshenko Stephen_Timoshenko Semyon_Timoshenko Tymoshenko Timoshenko_beam_theory Yulia_Tymoshenko
EU
European_Union Europe List_of_European_records_in_swimming Eu,_Seine-Maritime E.U._(TV_series) European_Hot_100_Singles .eu European_Top_100_Albums Europium International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry United_Left_(Galicia) Experience_Unlimited United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands Esquerra_de_Menorca United_Extremadura Citizenship_of_the_European_Union
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko Yushchenko_government
Barroso
José_Manuel_Barroso Barroso_(region) Barroso,_Minas_Gerais Brazilian_ironclad_Barroso Abelardo_Barroso Esporte_Clube_Barroso Ary_Barroso
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Ukrainian
European
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
March 23
Brussels
Brussels City_of_Brussels R.W.D.M._Brussels_F.C. King_Baudouin_Stadium Brussels_Airport Memorial_Van_Damme Brussels-South_railway_station Donnay_Indoor_Championships Arrondissement_of_Brussels Brussels,_Ontario Belgian_Open_Championships Free_University_of_Brussels Brussels,_Illinois Brussels,_Wisconsin Trams_in_Brussels Brussels_and_the_European_Union
EU
European_Union Europe List_of_European_records_in_swimming Eu,_Seine-Maritime E.U._(TV_series) European_Hot_100_Singles .eu European_Top_100_Albums Europium International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry United_Left_(Galicia) Experience_Unlimited United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands Esquerra_de_Menorca United_Extremadura Citizenship_of_the_European_Union
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Tuesday
Barroso
José_Manuel_Barroso Barroso_(region) Barroso,_Minas_Gerais Brazilian_ironclad_Barroso Abelardo_Barroso Esporte_Clube_Barroso Ary_Barroso
Russia
Russia Russian_Empire Russia_national_football_team Russia_men's_national_ice_hockey_team Russia_men's_national_junior_ice_hockey_team Tsardom_of_Russia Russia_national_rugby_union_team Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic Russian_Football_Union Russia_women's_national_football_team Russia_national_basketball_team Russia_national_rugby_league_team Russia_Fed_Cup_team Russia_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Russia_national_handball_team Russia_Davis_Cup_team
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Monday
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
EU
European_Union Europe List_of_European_records_in_swimming Eu,_Seine-Maritime E.U._(TV_series) European_Hot_100_Singles .eu European_Top_100_Albums Europium International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry United_Left_(Galicia) Experience_Unlimited United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands Esquerra_de_Menorca United_Extremadura Citizenship_of_the_European_Union
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Russia
Russia Russian_Empire Russia_national_football_team Russia_men's_national_ice_hockey_team Russia_men's_national_junior_ice_hockey_team Tsardom_of_Russia Russia_national_rugby_union_team Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic Russian_Football_Union Russia_women's_national_football_team Russia_national_basketball_team Russia_national_rugby_league_team Russia_Fed_Cup_team Russia_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Russia_national_handball_team Russia_Davis_Cup_team
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Moscow
Moscow Moscow,_Idaho Kremlin_Cup Moscow_Oblast Moscow_Governorate FC_Moscow Luzhniki_Stadium Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow Moscow_State_University Moscow,_Pennsylvania Moscow_Metro 1980_Summer_Olympics Moscow_Raceway Battle_of_Moscow Moscow,_Tennessee Megasport_Sport_Palace
Peskov
Dmitry_Peskov Peskov Vasily_Peskov
Russia
Russia Russian_Empire Russia_national_football_team Russia_men's_national_ice_hockey_team Russia_men's_national_junior_ice_hockey_team Tsardom_of_Russia Russia_national_rugby_union_team Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic Russian_Football_Union Russia_women's_national_football_team Russia_national_basketball_team Russia_national_rugby_league_team Russia_Fed_Cup_team Russia_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Russia_national_handball_team Russia_Davis_Cup_team
European
European Investment Bank
European_Investment_Bank
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Nabucco gas pipeline
Nabucco_pipeline
iptc::11000000 slot::keyword topic::politics type::entity type::misc type::project
Europe
European_Union
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development
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Ukraine
Ukraine
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Russia
Russia
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Philippe Maystadt
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Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor_Yushchenko
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Yulia Timoshenko
Yulia_Tymoshenko
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Jose Manuel Barroso
José_Manuel_Barroso
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Thomas Mirow
Thomas_Mirow
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Mirek Topolanek
Mirek_Topolánek
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Ferenc Gyurcsany
Ferenc_Gyurcsány
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European
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Turkey
Turkey
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Austria
Austria
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Caspian Sea
Caspian_Sea
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Western Europe
Western_Europe
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OMV
OMV
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MOL
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Hungary
Hungary
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Transgaz
Transgaz
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Romania
Romania
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Bulgargaz
Bulgargaz
iptc::20000170 sector::20000256 topic::business type::company type::entity type::organization
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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Botas
BOTAŞ
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RWE
RWE
iptc::20000170 sector::20000256 topic::business type::company type::entity type::organization
Germany
Germany
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Nabucco summit
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President
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Czech
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Energy Commissioner
topic::none type::role type::value
Andris Piebalgs
Andris_Piebalgs
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US
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
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Matthew Bryza
Matthew_Bryza
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Tuesday
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Turkmenistan
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijani
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Ilham Aliyev
Ilham_Aliyev
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Reinhold Mitterlehner
Reinhold_Mitterlehner
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Egypt
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Iran
Iran
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Ukrainian
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Russian
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Kiev
Kiev
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Brussels
Brussels
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European Commission
European_Commission
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir_Putin
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Moscow
Moscow
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March 23
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Monday
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Peskov
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Czech_Republic