The new European Union Strategy towards Russia, which is based on three principles – “repel, restrain, involve”, is the approach of the XXI century, and the Middle Ages. This opinion was expressed by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov in the program “60 minutes” on the TV channel “Russia 1”, reports TASS.
In the course of the Zakharov program commented on the EU relations strategy with Russia, which the head of European diplomacy Jozep Borrel was announced. In her opinion, neither with one state or the association of countries this approach is inappropriate and it does not submit, with whom Burlel “turned out to repel, restrain, involve.”
“by and large, not for the XXI century this approach. Some kind of Middle Ages here: when one point of the world believes that everyone else should perform some vassal functions. This is just a program for vassal states. But They probably confused something, “she said.
On June 15, Borrel determined three actions for Europe relations with Russia: repel, restrain and interact. The diplomat mentioned that the approach proposed by them repeats the concept of NATO, which is practiced since 2014 and is aimed at simultaneous interaction and deterrence.
In addition, the EU and the United States at the end of the summit on June 15 decided to create a high-level dialogue regarding the Russian side policies to “answer its negative behavior and harmful acts.”