Karasin: Russian Federation ready for the common economic space with the EU
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. Russia is ready for the formation of a common economic and humanitarian space from Europe, the First step would be conversations about the establishment of free trade between the EU and EEC, said on the first day of the week, state Secretary, Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin.
" Russia is in no way turns away from Europe. On the contrary, we are ready to expand cooperation with European partners, the real work on the formation of a common economic and humanitarian space from the base on the principles of indivisibility of security and wide cooperation, " Karasin said, speaking at the European Russian forum in Brussels.
according to his statement, " to provide our continent rightful place in the new international system is possible only through the joint capabilities of all countries, and this would give a powerful impetus to their development, would strengthen the position on the international arena.
" Ukraine could play a natural role of a bridge between West and East Eurasian space. The first step could be the beginning of negotiations on the establishment of free trade between the European Union and the EAEC ", - said the Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
He read the message who attended the forum from the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. According to the head of the foreign Ministry, Russia sees no " reasonable alternative substantive work on the harmonization of the processes of European and Eurasian integration on the formation of the single economic perspective humanitarian space from the Atlantic to the Pacific with a base on the principles of indivisibility of security and broad cooperation for the benefit of our countries and peoples."