Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that the future of Europe depends on establishing contacts with Russia, for this reason, the question about any isolation of the Russian Federation on economic cooperation should be rejected.
"There are those who believe that the Russian Federation should be isolated from economic relations with Europe. They raise the question so that it is necessary to choose between European unity and Russia. But on a bad question, you can only give a bad answer. In such cases, we must reject the question ", - Prime Minister said the newspaper ".
according to him, when Europeans will be determined on the issue of cooperation with Russia, They will accept " the solution is not about Russia, but about the future of Europe itself "." I have no desire to live in such a Europe, Which leads to a new "cold war" with Russia. Which makes Europeans enemies of Russia, " said Orban.
He also expressed support for the Russian proposal on cooperation in the sphere of economy and free trade between the EU and the Eurasian Union." We think about how best to establish contacts between the EU and Russia. It's a good discussion of the common question, " added Orban.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July last year, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to 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 considers the restrictive measures of the West unlawful, unjustified and counterproductive.
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