The West needs Russia to combat global challenges, such as the " Islamic state ", you cannot set global interaction in dependence on the situation in Ukraine, said Last news former Prime Minister of France, former Minister of foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin.

" We must admit that because of this situation, the Ukrainian fall, international cooperation was also in crisis. We see that (for example) in the middle East. We need Russia needed a strong dialogue with it, to be able to resolve the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Iran, Islamic state, " crime in the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq ", - noticed de Villepin.

according to him, today, all - Russia, Europe, and the United States, are in a difficult position." No one wants to face the current global economic and other challenges

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