Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting with the leadership of the Council of Ministers in Minsk, Belarus November 11, 2021. Nikolai Petrov/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS
DW: Kremlin vows not to cut gas supplies to EU
The Kremlin seemed to distance itself from a threat made by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko amid a standoff with the European Union.
Kremlin spokesperson Dimitry Peskov on Friday assured that Russia will keep supplying gas to Europe.
A day earlier, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to cut off natural gas flows from Russia to Europe.
The comment was in retaliation to possible EU sanctions over a standoff over migrants stranded on the Belarus-Poland border.
"This is a statement by the president of Belarus," Peskov said, noting that "Belarus is our ally, but it is a sovereign state."
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Update #1: Kremlin says Lukashenko did not consult it on threat to cut Russian gas supplies (Reuters)
Update #2: Lukashenko’s remark on likely gas transit cutoff was not harmonized with Moscow — Kremlin (TASS)
WNU Editor: The Kremlin is not going to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.