Bundestag deputy Andrej Hunko: "Russian-German dialogue on security issues has enormous potential"

Security dialogue between Russia and Germany has enormous potential, German Bundestag deputy from the Left Party, Andrej Hunko, said commenting on resumption of negotiations between Russia and Germany in the format of the High Level Working Group on Security Policy (HAGS).

The HAGS was established in 2003 to exchange views on current security issues. In 2014–2017, activities of the working group were suspended by the German side. However, since November of 2018, the working group began to function once again.

"Next meetings of the working group are scheduled for spring of 2019 in Berlin, and next plenary meeting at the state secretary level is scheduled for of autumn 2019 in Moscow," the German Foreign Ministry announced, responding to parliamentary inquiry from Andrej Hunko and Hellin Evrim Zommer.

“I welcome resumption of negotiations with Russia in the format of the High Level Working Group on Security Policy (HAGS). Future meetings in this format in 2019 are already being prepared, potential of security dialogue with Moscow is enormous. German-Russian consultations at the government level are still suspended, and they should also be resumed," Andrej Hunko noted.