Russia and France will quickly restore trade and economic relations to the previous level in case of cancellation of sanctions of the European Union, said in an interview Last news the trade representative of Russia in France Alexander Tours.

"I think that if the penalties were removed, recovery was pretty quick and we would have gone forward even faster in the development of production linkages in high technology industries. But it is a question of policy, politics should not interfere with the economy, if you will continue to create artificial barriers, we get the phenomenon that is called economic crisis, besides global, " said Rounds.

in mid-2014, the EU and the US because of the situation in Ukraine has imposed punishment on a number of sectors of the Russian economy. Russia in the last month of summer 2014 limited the import of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment. The ban covers meat, sausage, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products. Wednesday was posted by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the extension of the year of validity of the special economic measures ranging from 6 August 2015.

The full text of the interview is available on the Internet office of ria. EN.

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