Slovenia supports punishment against Russia, despite the decline in turnover, said the foreign Minister of Slovenia Karl Erjavec on Tuesday in Kiev during a mutual press conference with Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin.
"With regard to restrictive measures that were used to the Russian Federation, Slovenia supports all these measures, and such punishment will continue until, until will not be tangible effective results on the ground, until then, until you reach a peaceful political dialogue to resolve all crisis issues," said Erjavec, who was quoted by Ukrainian Agency.
"The trade turnover between Slovenia and the Russian Federation decreased by 40%. This testifies to the fact That economic sanctions are effective and operate in practice, " he said.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. EU countries, USA and Canada in the spring of the past year have introduced against Russia 1st batch of sentences, then it was expanded. In response, Russia in the last month of summer 2014 has imposed retaliatory punishment which has spread to the products of the agricultural sector from the USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. Russian authorities said many times That talking with Moscow in the language of sanctions inappropriate and counterproductive.
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