Juncker called the error evaluation of Obama’s Russia a “regional power” – RBK

the EU should accept Russia as an equal partner, the assessment of President Barack Obama a “regional power” is “a big mistake”, in an interview with Euronews, said the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.

He also noted that currently “sees no arguments in favor of the immediate” abolition of anti-Russian sanctions, however, “would like with Russia we [the EU] was the agreement that go beyond the usual scope”.

“Without Russia it is impossible to build security in Europe, we have to know about it,” said Juncker, Recalling that “the EU occupies an area of 5.5 million sq. km And the area of Russia is 17.5 million sq km.” “We must treat Russia as a great Association and proud nation. There is a lot to know about the depths of Russia, and we know nothing about that,” said the politicians.

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“And I would like to have with Russia we were talking on an equal footing,” he said, adding that “Russia is not like talking about it President Obama: “regional power”. “This is a big mistake”, — concluded the spokesman.

President Barack Obama called Russia a “regional power” in March 2014 at a press conference in Amsterdam. Then he also noted that Russia is threatening “some of its immediate neighbors — not from strength, but from weakness.”

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in turn, in June of this year, called the U.S. “sole superpower.” “America is a great power. It’s probably the only superpower. We accept. We want and are willing to work with the United States,” he said during a plenary session at the St. Petersburg international economic forum.

Then in July the head of the U.S. N. I. James Clapper said that Russia is using certain methods to seem equal to the United States a superpower. “Russia has used, uses and will use the methods, approaches and techniques to bypass the military confrontation, to create the appearance that it is a great power on a par with the United States,” he said.

Late in November, Obama said that Russia considers the “military superpower”, which has influence in the region and the world. In addition, the American leader then noticed that all countries are interested in “good relations of Russia with neighbouring countries”, as well as in the growth of the Russian economy.

the Russian foreign Ministry, these words are called a change in the White house rhetoric against Moscow. “There are some other nuances. A year or two ago we heard that Russia is a regional power and so forth,” — said the official representative of the Ministry Maria Zakharova.