Norway wishes to maintain with Russia a normal Relationship, despite mutual restrictive measures, said the foreign Minister of the country Berge Brand opened in Kirkenes international conference.
"We want good relations with our neighbor to the East. The desire to cooperate is on both sides, and We appreciate it, " said Brand, opening the conference. However, drew the attention of the Minister, his country could not " turn a blind eye to Russia's actions and will continue to defend its position.
The brand also said that the punishment affect business Relations between countries, but the principles are more important "." We wish to maintain and enhance the interaction between people, to continue the development of the business, how it can be prohibitive measures, " said Brand, adding that the foreign Ministry of Norway has allocated for interaction in the Northern part of Russia and Norway 16 million for the next 3 years.
Relations between the Russian Federation and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the United States from a point penalties against some of the individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.
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