The West ought to restore relations with Russia, despite the differences in Ukraine, said on Thursday in the capital of the us Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
"We recognize our obligation to look further, beyond this conflict, our future relations with Moscow. We can not stop attempts at negotiations with Russia, using the latest available communication channels, in order to find possible solutions in the future discover a path to closer cooperation, " said Steinmeier, speaking at the Center for strategic and international studies.
However, he criticized the prosecution of the Russian Federation in the escalation of the situation in Ukraine." This escalation openly question the architecture of European security, peace and order, based on international law, multilateral institutions, peaceful mechanisms for conflict resolution and, moreover, (question) the sovereignty of countries, " said Steinmeier.
"The fact that the Russian Federation put forward at the present time, against this, Is the ancient recipes of power politics and aggressiveness of policy instruments with which We have struggled for decades. It is a challenge to the international order and to our shared values, which We can not accept and will not accept it, " he added.
Russia rejects complaints Western countries, saying that is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and is interested in a peaceful resolution of the fall.
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