On March 30, local time, according to the news released by the Russian Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Scholz.
Putin said that the purchase of Russian gas should be settled in rubles because EU countries violated international law by freezing the Russian central bank's foreign exchange reserves, but this should not lead to a deterioration of the agreement conditions for European importers.
The leaders of the two countries also agreed to conduct additional discussions on this matter by experts from the two countries.
German federal government spokesman Herber Streiter revealed that Putin stressed during the call that nothing will change for European contractual partners.
As a result, payments will continue to be made only in euros and will be transferred as usual to Gazprom, which is not affected by the sanctions, after which the bank will convert the money into rubles.
But Scholz did not agree with Putin's proposal, but asked the Russian side to provide written information to more accurately understand the relevant process.
In addition, Putin and Scholz also exchanged views on the Russia-Ukraine negotiations held in Istanbul on the 29th.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Yuyao Ruan Jiawen)