EU leaders can return to the idea of holding a summit with Russia. The fact that in Europe is thinking about it, said Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin before meeting in Brussels, RIA Novosti reports.
“The discussion was long enough, and the leaders of various countries expressed different opinions about what stage the dialogue should occur. But it is still an open question … I think this is a good initiative – to organize such a type of discussion … I think we will discuss this in the future, “said the head of the Finnish government.
Earlier on the same day, it was reported that the heads of state and government of the European Union at the summit in Brussels rejected the idea of Chancellor of Germany Angels Merkel and the leader of France Emmanuel Macgron to invite President Vladimir Putin to meet the EU leaders
Before that, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the initiative to invite Putin to the summit with the leaders of the European Union was probably related to the meeting of the Russian and American leaders in Geneva. Lavrov noted that, apparently, the Geneva negotiations were perceived in Brussels as a signal to the fact that “now you can also show your independence a little.”