Giscard d ' Estaing: relations with Russia would have been better if the EU self
Relations between Europe and Russia would be easier if in the foreign policy of Europe work on their own, according to the former President of France Valery Giscard d ' Estaing.

Relations between Europe and Russia would be easier If in the foreign policy of Europe work on their own, according to the former President of France Valery Giscard d ' Estaing.
"If Europe acted alone, its Relations with Russia would be much easier, because public opinion has no anti-Russian stance," he said in the interview the host of the show Sergei Brilev.
Giscard d'estaing was President of France between 1974 and 1981.
according to his statement, " in the U.S. there are those who promote anti-Russian policy ", and "for this, they use any excuse to complicate Relations between the 2 countries. "" of course, we are members of the same unions and alliances, we respect them, we cherish them, but does not include any anti-Russian coalition. For this reason, we are ready to deal with the problems in order to reach a positive and peaceful solution, " he said.
Giscard d'estaing also considers it necessary to overcome the one-sided Western media coverage of the Ukrainian fall, when certain actions of Kiev ignored.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. Following the meeting of the contact group in early may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.
One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read