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On Russia, I Can Only Repeat What The President [barack Obama] Said. This Is All About Respecting Certain Principles, And I'm Saying This From A European Vantage Point, From A European, From A German Vantage Point, Sorry, The Fact That For Over 70 Years We Have Been Able To Enjoy Peace.

First, We Need Good, Stable Relations With Russia. Second, We Must Make Every Effort To Save Energy And Focus On Using Various Sources To Meet Our Energy Needs. We Must Not Allow Ourselves To Become Dependent.

If We Remind Ourselves Of The Fact That Every Fifth American Today Rightly Points And Perhaps Also With A Certain Degree Of Pride To His German Ancestry Or Her German Ancestry, We Can Safely Say That We, Indeed, Share Common Roots.

From A German Point Of View, German-american And European-american Relations Are A Pillar Of Our Foreign Policy.

The [barack Obama] Administration Is Sharing Its Knowledge, Its Expertise With The Incoming Administration. And This, To Us, Is A Sign Of Encouragement, To Continue The Good Cooperation That We Have Built Between The United States Of America And The Federal Republic Of Germany That Is In Our Mutual Interest.