In his first visit to Germany after becoming President, Dimitry Mevedev met with the Chancellor Angela Merkel. Energy security issues emerged as the key focus of his visit. Medvedev promised Germany closer energy cooperation and also offered Europe more say in Russian oil and gas deliveries. He added that Russian oil and gas transit pipelines running through third states could be managed by international consortiums, including European states1.

• 1. Oleg Shchedrov and Kerstin Gehmlich “Medvedev makes energy offers in first Europe visit,” The New York Times, June 5, 2008, at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080605/wl_nm/germany_russia_dc