Moscow may sue Europe over gas issues but prefers to come to terms - Lavrov
MOSCOW. Oct 21 (Interfax) - Moscow is alarmed by Europe's application of the 3rd Energy Package to Russian companies and could go to court to settle this issue but would prefer to come to terms without doing so, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"What is going on on the European gas market now is certainly seriously alarming us," Lavrov said in an interview broadcast on the radio stations Echo Moskvy, the Voice of Russia, and Radio Rossii on Friday.
"The unilateral steps which the European Commission is taking and which, by the way, are not always agreed-upon with and supported by the EU member-states are alarming us. The 3rd Energy Package that the European Union has adopted at the European Commission's suggestion contains clauses that directly go against European Union member-states' and the European Commission's obligations," Lavrov said in reply to a question from Interfax.
