The Minister of foreign Affairs of Spain Jose Manuel Garcia-margallo at the meeting of the OSCE permanent Council tried to convince the normalization of relations between Europe and Russia.

"we must explore ways to normalize relations between Europe and Russia, as one side can not be imagined without the other ", - quotes the words of the Minister of the magazine.

Garcia-margallo also said that the Russian Federation ought to imagine " as a strategic ally, not as an enemy ". He added that the crisis in Ukraine has the opportunity to be solved by military means, and the Minsk agreement must be respected.

The West accuses Russia of belonging in the crisis in Ukraine. In July of last year the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of Russia's economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment. Moscow has stated many times that is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in its early peaceful settlement. Imposed by the West punishments of the Russian Federation considers illegal and unjustified.

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