MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Russia is ready to situational cooperation with the United States despite opposite interests of the two countries in the energy sector, department director of the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Birichevsky said at a press conference dedicated to conclusions of Russian delegation’s participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
"We certainly understand that interests of the United States and Russia in the energy sector, they are far from coinciding, and Americans indeed want to squeeze us out from everywhere <...> but nevertheless, despite such polarity of interests and the standoff in the APEC and the Group of Twenty, we may cooperate situationally. We have the pragmatic attitude towards everything," the diplomat said.
"If [US President Donald] Trump says that not everything ends in Tesla and not everyone should want to buy exactly Tesla and other cars are also present, other engines are present the consumer can choose on his own, then if we also agree with that, why not supporting that? If the approach to energy saving, energy balance, green energy is reasonable, if we agree with that and we can oppose together the aggressive 'green lobby’ of Europeans, then we will do that also," Birichevsky noted.
