The head of Ministry of transport of Russia Maxim Sokolov has not ruled out the possibility of resuming flights between Russia and Ukraine.
"I do not exclude (the possibility of resuming flights - ed.), if such requests will come from the Ukrainian side, but after negotiations, which took place at the end of last week, a proposal From the Ukrainian side about the new negotiations were not received," - said Sokolov correspondents on Thursday in Krasnoyarsk.
The Plenipotentiaries of Ukraine and Russia on 23 October convened a technical meeting in Brussels on the issue of air service. The Russian delegation at the talks made a proposal to the aviation authorities of Ukraine to remove all existing limits on direct air mail and in transit for Russian and Ukrainian airlines, the Ukrainian side, for its part, has made a proposal to discuss removing them only With transit.
"We own the parties are ready to restore the status quo in our flights, as previously, until the lifting of all restrictions ", - said the Head of the Ministry.
yesterday Sokolov said Fins news about what allows the next negotiations With Kiev on flights in October.
Ukrainian authorities on 16 September, has imposed punishment on 25 of the Russian airlines, which, for example, flew in a Russian Crimea. In response, Russia took the mirror measures concerning Ukrainian airlines. From October 25, direct flights between the countries has been stopped for a while.
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