Heiko Maas

EU weighs further sanctions on Belarus over migrants

EU weighs further sanctions on Belarus over migrants

European Union foreign ministers debated new economic sanctions on Belarus, including on airlines, to halt what Brussels says is a deliberate policy by Minsk to fly in thousands of migrants and send them across the border. The sanctions …

Blinken and Maas discuss Nord Stream 2

Blinken and Maas discuss Nord Stream 2

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday described the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a Russian geopolitical project that undermines the security of Ukraine, adding the United States wants to ensure Russia does not use energy as a …

Maas doesn't rule out new Nord Stream 2 sanctions

Maas doesn't rule out new Nord Stream 2 sanctions

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas believes that it is early to dismiss the possibility of new U.S. sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Bloomberg reported.  According to the report, Maas underlined that neither American …

Blinken and Maas discuss Middle East

Blinken and Maas discuss Middle East

During a recent phone conversation, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed a range of issues, including Russia, Europe's energy policy, as well as the situation in the Middle East, the German …

Blinken emphasizes to German FM U.S. opposition to Nord Stream 2

Blinken emphasizes to German FM U.S. opposition to Nord Stream 2

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the telephone with Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and expressed the United States’ opposition to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on …

Blinken: U.S. strongly opposed to construction of Nord Stream-2

Blinken: U.S. strongly opposed to construction of Nord Stream-2

The U.S. administration is strongly opposed to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in London yesterday, according to the …

Blinken warns Germany over Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Blinken warns Germany over Nord Stream 2 pipeline

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built from Russia to Germany ran counter to the European Union’s own interests and could undermine Ukraine. Germany is pushing for the …

European ministers agree to expand anti-Russian sanctions

European ministers agree to expand anti-Russian sanctions

During the summit in Brussels, the foreign ministers of the EU countries agreed on the expansion of personal restrictions against the citizens of the Russian Federation due to the situation with Alexei Navalny, Reuters reports citing diplomatic …

Berlin not backing off Russia's Nord Stream 2

Berlin not backing off Russia's Nord Stream 2

Berlin does not plan to back down in the dispute with the United States over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. "We do not need to talk about European sovereignty if that is understood as us …

Cavusoglu and Maas discusses Nagorno-Karabakh tensions

Cavusoglu and Maas discusses Nagorno-Karabakh tensions

Turkey's foreign minister on Tuesday discussed with his German counterpart the latest developments on the Azerbaijan-Armenia row and the Eastern Mediterranean. According to the Foreign Ministry, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Heiko Mass …

Pompeo and Maas discuss Iran and Belarus over phone

Pompeo and Maas discuss Iran and Belarus over phone

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday discussed Iran and other issues in a phone conversation with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. "Pompeo underscored the need for a …

German Foreign Minister visits Russia today  

German Foreign Minister visits Russia today  

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he is scheduled to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on August 11 for talks expected to cover the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. Maas spoke with U.S. counterpart …