Russia believes that alienation with the European Union will take place, and is interested in strengthening bilateral strategic cooperation, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..
" I'm sure It will pass. The EU is already starting to sound a common voice. We absolutely do not assume, because This alienation will become strategic, " said Lavrov on the first day of the weekend in an interview to the program " Right to know " on TV.
According to the Minister, Western colleagues, and among them the EU, still calling, coming and invited commissioners Russia to himself. Certain planned contacts have been moved to a later date, but, According to the Minister, publicly saying about the forced migration of one or the other meeting, they (Western partners as amended), immediately confirm their interest in continuing the discussion and resolution of all planned, but later ".
Lavrov said that the Russian Federation is interested in strategic partnership with the European Union strengthened and developed." If you add up the potential of Russia and the European Union, from a stronger position in world markets will benefit both ", - noted He. Russia is still willing to take practical steps for the implementation of this course, the Minister added.
He said that the idea of creation by 2020, a free trade zone between the EU and the CU and in the future form the Eurasian economic space is still relevant." This idea alive, relevant and of interest, and among them in the context of what is happening currently in the economic sphere between Ukraine and the EU and Ukraine and the free trade area of the CIS. It would answer very many questions, " said Lavrov.
on the last working day of the week it was announced that the EU within the framework of a new wave of sanctions have limited access to the capital markets of the EU Russian companies Oboronprom, JSC, Uralvagonzavod, Rosneft, Transneft and Gazprom Neft. In addition, the EU has made 24 name to the sanctions list, you have a current leaders DND, as well as Russian officials and people's representatives, and among them the permanent representative of Crimea under the RF President in the capital of Russia Georgy Muradov and the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Michael Sheremet. So, the list of individual punishment has expanded to 119 people.
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