Russian and European officials say that the United States explores ways to work with the Gazprom PJSC giant in global projects, a step towards counterfeiting close relations with the Kremlin while trying to mediate a peace agreement on Ukraine.
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(Bloomberg) – Russian and European officials say that the United States explores ways to work with the Gazprom PJSC giant in global projects, a step towards forgery for closer relations with the Kremlin while trying to mediate a peace agreement on Ukraine.
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European assessments indicate that there are initial contacts between American actors and this issue, but it is not clear who leads the conversations or whether the Trump administration is directly involved, according to the people familiar with the matter. The White House refused to comment.
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Discussions between the United States and Russia on the potential cooperation with GazProm at an early stage, according to people, who asked not to know the discussion of private deliberations.
President Vladimir Putin alluded to energy cooperation in the United States in the United States on Thursday, as the reporters told that he could pave the way for supplies to restore to Europe.
“For example, the United States and Russia agree to cooperate in the energy sector, so a gas pipeline in Europe can be guaranteed,” Putin said at a press conference in Moscow. “This will benefit Europe, because it will receive cheap Russian gas.”
The future contracts for European gas decreased by 4.5 % after its comments.
President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States is interested in the idea of cooperation despite the paralyzing of US and European sanctions on the Russian energy sector, which dates back to years. They were intensified after the Russian invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
After talking to Putin last month, Trump published on the social truth that the two discussed energy from other issues including Ukraine, the Middle East and artificial intelligence. Natural resources are also part of the conversation with KYIV, with Washington links on a possible deal for Russia on a metal deal with the United States.
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However, the American Gazprom deal will serve as a huge transformation of Trump, who criticized Europe for relying on Russian gas during its first term and supervised the increase in liquefied natural gas sales in the United States over European countries.
Trump threatened to add more sanctions to Russia unless it was related to the table with Ukraine, saying in fact a social position last week that he “is strongly considering widespread in bank sanctions, sanctions and hypothesis on Russia until the fire stopping agreement and the final settlement agreement is reached.”
Earlier this week, the United States obtained a 30 -day ceasefire agreement. In his comments on Thursday, Putin did not reject the explicit idea, saying that any truce should lead to a long -term peace.
China will go
Some people said that US energy initiatives in the United States can cover Europe and Asia, and may be proportional to a wider payment of the United States to weaken Russia's relations with China and Iran. It is also in line with Trump's desire to reduce job opportunities that can result from a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, which he said is a top priority.
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Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said last month that Washington wanted to reduce relations between Russia and China without sowing sowing. Rubio has warned that the close relations between nuclear armed neighbors will be a problem for the United States-if Moscow becomes a “permanent beginner” in Beijing.
European officials said they questioned that the Trump administration would be able to lead a wedge between Russia and China, given the growth of the two countries since the invasion of Ukraine. They added that many energy -related ideas in Gazprom are still in speculation.
Separately, Russian officials have agreed to help the Trump administration communicate with Iran on issues, including the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic. China said it will host talks with Iran and Russia on the atomic activities of the Islamic Republic in Beijing on Friday.
Nord
Two people said Gazprom was keen to help restart Nord Stream Gas, which works under the Baltic Sea from Russia to the German coast, after a sabotage attack in 2022.
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Russia has handed over gas to Europe through the North Stream before the invasion of Ukraine. After reducing the Gazprom and later stopped at the beginning of the war, the pipeline was exposed to one side of the Nord Stream 2 chains in a mysterious attack.
An American businessman seeks to obtain a Swiss -based Swiss operating company that controls Nord Stream 2, according to media reports late last year, which will give the United States a share in the project.
Putin has repeatedly said that his country is ready to resume gas flows to Europe through the non -damaged part of Nord Stream 2, but the decision will eventually be to Germany, which supports Ukraine. Germany was one of the most difficult countries caused by Nord Stream, prompting gas prices up and led to the constant closure of part of the country industry.
The European Union administration and the Trump administration discussed the possibility of companies in importing more liquefied natural gas from the United States as a way to reduce tensions on trade. But many European Union countries have become cold on this possibility, given the uncertainty about Trump's approach to Ukraine and Europe – and any deal with Gazprom will increase these concerns.
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The European Union has been trying to quit Russian gas since the war began and Gazprom has cut the flows of the North Movement. This has reduced the offer from Russia to Turkstream only, which runs between the country and Turkey under the Black Sea.
The weak Europe spot is LNG. Despite the calls for sanctions, Europe still buys a record amount of Russian liquefied natural gas, mostly from the YAMAL Factory led by Novatek PJSC. It highlights how difficult it is to reduce Europe's relations with Russia, which over the past decade has established itself as a major supplier of commodities on the continent.
One person said that Gazprom could provide US participation in projects in the Arctic region and external projects such as the Sakhalin Natural Gas Project – if the sanctions that restrict foreign investments are lifted.
The Trump administration has so far provided mixed messages on Russian sanctions. She has indicated that they should remain in their place until a peace agreement is agreed between Russia and Ukraine, and even threatened new restrictions if Moscow did not come to the table.
However, the United States has prevented a group of seven allies from tightening many current energy measures. European officials said they expect the Trump administration to provide exemptions that allow some investments and transactions in the event of peace talks.
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