Moscow. April 14. INTERFAX.RU
— The EU encourages Kiev to sabotage the implementation of the “Minsk-2”, stated on Thursday Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, speaking
“Against the background of Ukrainian events, the EU has suspended dialogue mechanisms with the Russian side has imposed restrictions against Russian individuals and legal entities, pushes Russia to implement the Minsk agreements.
Although the agreements, Russia is not a party to the conflict, the substantive obligations imposed on Kiev”, — he said.
Taking such a controversial stand, the EU only encourages the authorities in Kiev with impunity to sabotage the implementation of the “Minsk-2”.
Sergey Lavrovgave the Russian foreign Ministry
The Minister stressed that the unsolvable problems in relations with the EU is not “with the good will of all parties.”
“In order to reverse the negative trend, it is necessary to abandon the vicious practice of unilateral actions. “Business as usual” when we tried to impose agreements, and interactions, will not” — said the head of the Russian foreign Ministry.
In addition, the head of the Russian foreign Ministry noted that Moscow hopes to restore relations with Washington to their previous level, claim that they do not seek confrontation with the USA, NATO and the EU.
“Russia does not seek confrontation with the United States, as well as with NATO or the EU and has never been the initiator of this confrontation. It is obvious that a confrontational attitude only hinders efforts to restore the optimal vector of global development”, — said the head of the Russian foreign Ministry.
“We hope that Russian-americanchinese will eventually return to a normal trajectory.
This can be done solely on the basis of mutual respect and balance of interests,” the Minister added.
