Sergey Startsev. Italian foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said that relations with Russia, the door must be open and together with the hardness must be dialogue.

He confirmed that the Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU countries at a meeting in Brussels on the first day of the week " decided not to offer a qualitative escalation of punishments " about Russia. According to Gentiloni, " punishment is a necessary evil ", but by definition, they are reversible ".

" together with the hardness must be dialogue, the door must be open, must be created rules for political agreement. If and when that happens, I think, on the issue of sanctions will be possible to go back ", - reports the words of Gentiloni Italian media.

One of the main reasons for the punishment regarding Russia's Minister of foreign Affairs of Italy called the annexation of Crimea, which in the EU is not realized. Crimea became part of Russia in March, according to the results of the referendum." If and when it comes to discussions about the settlement in the Ukraine and in the field, on the table and it will be, but at the current moment conditions for this no, " give the words of Gentiloni Italian media.

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