The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: the actions of the EU questioned the nature of the partnership with Russia
The European Union for its recent actions question the strategic character of relations with Russia, according to a report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, issued on Tuesday.
in the Russian international Ministry reminded that on June 24 marks twenty years since the signing of the basic Treaty establishing the partnership between Russia and the EU." The 20th anniversary of the agreement on partnership and cooperation falls on difficult period in relations between Russia and the European Union, whose actions are questioning the strategic nature of our partnership ", - stressed the Minister.
the foreign Ministry, for example, expressed regret in connection with the refusal of the EU to continue work on a new basic agreement Russia-EU, designed to replace the Agreement on partnership and cooperation.
" Preparation of the document, aimed at strengthening of mutually beneficial ties in the interests of the Residents and business circles of Russia and member States of the EU, was stopped regardless of the strategic interests of the peoples of Europe, " stressed the Russian foreign Ministry.
the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasizes that the agreement on partnership and cooperation remains a fundamental document of relations between Russia and the European Union.
" Are fixed in the Agreement of partnership and cooperation in our days, are a beacon for interaction between the Russian Federation and the European Union, and among them in the context of the settlement of the fall in Ukraine ", - is informed in the report.