About half of the countries of the European Union strongly advocated the abolition of the punishment relative to the capital of Russia, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov..
" We know that in the EU there are different points of view. The present stage, when About half of the countries-members of the already strong support for the lifting of sanctions shows that when taken like this, based on the circle bail decisions, inertial, based on the American partners, then "trulite" very difficult, "Lavrov said, RIA" Novosti ". The Minister said that the Russian Federation will not play in one of the gates " in terms of some trade concessions from the European Union without removing Europe punishments. He said that the Russian Federation does not step back from the conversation, But his resume has the opportunity to be on an equal basis." If the EU decides that the lack of normal dialogue on sectoral issues - energy, agriculture in other areas - is incorrect, We will not discuss. But If the EU wants to maintain its punishment, and to convince us to make any exceptions to measures for the protection of our agricultural producers, most importantly from the perspective of their lending by Russian banks, in one gate We play too will not " - said Lavrov. On the first day of the week, EU leaders called for the preservation of the anti-punishment. In addition, last week the European Parliament addressed the Council, urging them to accept the punishment is relatively Russia in the nuclear and financial sectors In the absence of progress in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. At the same time the wall Street Journal reported that the European Union is ready to mitigate the punishment concerning Russia and not fully normalize relations with Moscow in case of change of its position on the situation in Ukraine. In support of the lifting of sanctions against Russia are Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic.


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