Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed during a telephone conversation the positions of Russia and Germany regarding the implementation of Nord Stream 2, the press service of the Kremlin reports.

"The position of Russia and Germany on the implementation of a major, mutually beneficial project in the gas sector, Nord Stream 2" was confirmed.

The Kremlin also noted that Putin and Merkel stressed the necessity of continuing efforts to ensure the exchange …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine was invited for the first time to attend the meeting of the Heads of Foreign Affairs Ministries of the G7 countries, which will begin in Toronto on April 22, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko informed Ukrainian internet newspaper Evropeyska Pravda.

According to Shevchenko, for the first time in its history, Ukraine will be present at a full-fledged, planned event of the G7 member states.

"The time has come for serious, strategic …

In an interview with the German publication Handelsblatt, just one day prior to his visit to Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline a “political bribe”, and suggested drawing attention to the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS).

Germany is one of the countries most committed to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The pipeline, according to blueprints, will run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and will …