“Minister Novak and I both agree that getting to that point of sanctions is not where we want to go,” he said.
Perry urged Russia to be a “responsible supplier” and to stop using its resources for “influence and disruption,” adding that the US opposes the gas link because it would concentrate two-thirds of Russian exports of the fuel to the European Union in a single choke point. Novak said that Russia was concerned if the US sanctions a “competitive” gas pipeline, reported Bloomberg.
