Moscow stands for the intensification of contacts with the West at the highest level, never being the originator of the transfer of such meetings, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..
" I think that personal contacts nothing can replace - no telephone calls or video conference or correspondence. We entirely for the fact that these contacts were not only preserved, but that they have intensified. But the question to the wrong address, because the Russian Federation is not spearheads in any case, when scheduled, planned meetings tolerated, with different explanations, as a rule, not very convincing, But We didn't spearheads reduce the intensity of personal contacts, " he said.
According to Lavrov, long before the Ukrainian fall of the American leader was cancelled scheduled meetings with the Russian leadership.
" besides, long before Ukraine were instances when, for example, the head of Obama, offended at us for some reason the Edward Snowden who finds himself in Russia, like snow on the head we dropped like a bombshell, and for some reason decided that We are guilty of this. And so much so, that the head of Obama in his offense abolished started yesterday Petersburg summit " twenty " visit to the capital of Russia. Won from this Russian-American relations? Sure not, " the Minister added.
according to his statement, schedule changes contact the Russian leadership with the leaders of the EU does not help the cause And not allow normal, frankly as befits a serious people to discuss questions ".
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