The Russian Federation And the European Union are interdependent in trade and economic sphere for most of the decade, the EU will remain a Russian partner for the foreseeable future, said permanent Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov.

"We are, without a doubt, probably the most decades And centuries more interdependent with the European Union in trade and economic sphere, And our economy will work in parallel, will work in conjunction. And, this is probably correct, And it shall be, " said the Russian Ambassador to the EU

However, He added that the Russian economy will never focus only on the EU economy." But somehow or other the European Union remains for the foreseeable future our partner. The main thing is that this partner had behaved reasonably, honestly And reliably, " drew attention Chizhov.

He said that Russia was the EU's most important partner, not only political But also economic trade.

"We firmly occupied the third place among the partners, judging by the volume of trade. Look, soak if We have this position on last year's results, And current. But, like anything else, somewhere about a billion euros a day, our turnover is, " said Chizhov.

While the Russian Ambassador to the EU recognized that to Ukrainian downs were certain roughness, problems ", which were partly associated with painful process of accession of Russia to the WTO.

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