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"Nobody can guarantee that it will not come to an accident", Lithuanian president Adamkus said (Photo: European Commission)

Germany and Lithuania clash over Russian gas pipeline

A state visit by Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus to Berlin has led to an open spat with German chancellor Schroder on plans to build a direct gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.

Just before his visit to Berlin on Tuesday (25 October), the Lithuanian leader in an interview heavily criticised plans for the 1,200 km pipeline, which will link St Petersburg in Russia via the Baltic sea to Greifswald in Germany.

Mr Adamkus accused Mr Schroder of "complete ignorance" of neighb...

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"Nobody can guarantee that it will not come to an accident", Lithuanian president Adamkus said (Photo: European Commission)

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