Existing problems in relations between Russia and the West have a negative impact on Relations between Moscow and Berlin, the Russian Federation will seek to address them and cooperation, said the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

"We did a lot to make the Relationship between Russia and Germany Today has developed more successfully and have achieved a lot in this direction. Today there are known issues. The sooner these problems will cease negative impact on the development of our relations, the better. We will aspire to it ", - Putin said at the talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"I hope that during our meeting today we will talk about our bilateral relations, on the development of relations with the European Union in General, well, of course, about the problems that are most acute, and also about the situation in Ukraine ", - said the head of the Russian Federation.

Relations between Russia and other EU countries, among them Germany, has seriously deteriorated because of disagreements on the background of the Ukrainian fall. Most mutual formats the works were stopped, General events postponed or cancelled. For example, in 2014 there was held the planned German-Russian meeting and public forum " Petersburg dialogue ", which traditionally takes place in parallel to the consultations.

Despite this, Merkel has accepted an invitation from Putin. In the capital of Russia in the current international environment, it is the development of dialogue with Berlin attach great importance.

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