Lavrov agreed with the experts of the Ministry of foreign Affairs political situation in the European Union
Meeting of the scientific Council at the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the Minister Sergei Lavrov. Specialists have calculated political and value changes in the EU and told him about the need to cross the dividing lines and to seek joint responses to common challenges.
" They discussed a range of issues related to the implementation of Russia's foreign policy interests in the European direction in the light of the tasks set by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in a letter to Fedarene ", - informed on the Internet representation of the MFA.
" Scientists and experts have analyzed the shifts in political and value the landscape of Europe. Were found to be counter-effective and lameness Western unilateral sanctions and noted that out of a serious fall in European Affairs ought to look together on the basis of overcoming the existing dividing lines in the military-political, economic and humanitarian spheres ", - informs the Ministry's website.
during the meeting it was emphasized " the importance of accessing the potential of the OSCE, which in the current difficult situation should be instrumental in the search for common answers Europeans in General for all calls ".
" in the context of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second world war, the particular importance is the task of implementation of the Helsinki principles, designed to provide the unity of the Euro-Atlantic space. The most important condition for movement in this direction are to ensure a political settlement and national reconciliation in Ukraine on the basis of the execution of the Minsk agreements, " informs the website of the foreign Ministry.