Moscow is not anyone trying to impose their desires and are willing to make concessions, because it recognizes the legitimate desires of their partners, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..

" We do not impose their desires and are willing to make concessions, because We recognize the legitimate aspirations of our partners which do not go beyond the authority of international law, " Lavrov said in the broadcast television channel Lifenews and the newspaper " Izvestia ".

The Minister said that " if our partners would be a little more pragmatic, a little more focused on constructive dialogue, and not to impose their values and their interests to the detriment of the interests and values of Russia, many difficulties in our relations would be able to defend itself."

" This dialogue is ready now. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin reiterated that We are ready for dialogue with Europe and the United States, but will continue many years ago, efforts to expand our ties with Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa, " said Lavrov.

He said that in these regions a lot of prospective partners that Russia wants to develop interaction in parallel with the further deepening of our partnership with the Western counterparts."

Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the European Union and the United States from a point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to punishment, and among them the EU, and together with the substitution improves the delivery of products from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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