Alexander Kuranov. West (in relations with Russia still lacks the ability to look at the situation through the eyes of the other party, said on Sunday in a conversation with the media, Minister of foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak, informed Bratislava online edition

"We (the West) still lacks the ability to look at the situation through the eyes of the other party," said Lajcak, referring to Western countries with Russia in light of the current situation in Ukraine.

"currently, we are witnessing that our understanding of extending the zone of stability and prosperity was interpreted from Russia as an approximation (to its borders) North Atlantic Commonwealth and the Danger of political and economic interests of the Russian Federation, - the Minister said.- The result of this fundamentally different interpretations, unfortunately, was the war in Ukraine ".

The main conclusion that can be drawn from these provisions, according to reviews create a political crisis is the need to listen carefully to the arguments of the other side." must not only hear (the other side), but also to listen, " said Lajcak.- This means that we should listen to those opinions with which we cannot agree, but somehow they need to know and analyze ".

The meeting of the Minister with the media was devoted to the 10 anniversary from the date of the Bratislava summit Russia-USA (24 February 2005), which was attended by President of Russia centuries Putin and his us counterpart George W. Bush. The head of the Secretariat for the preparation of this summit was Miroslav Lajcak.

Remembering the Russian-American summit and its atmosphere, Lajcak noticed that, despite the current crisis in the East of Ukraine, he was still convinced that a constructive dialogue between Russia and the West be no alternative.

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