Ambassador of Russia in Paris Alexei Miskov expressed hope for restoring confidence relations between Moscow and the European Union with the chairmanship of France in the EU Council. He stated this during a meeting with the French Passage Passage Association, reports TASS.
Next year comes an important stage for France – the chairmanship in the EU Council goes to it. I want to hope that in the course of the French chairmanship will return to Prudence and a responsible approach to our general continent, “the diplomat stressed.
Bags clarified that now the trust is raised by the European Union, anti-Russian phobias and attitudes that are not reasonable to be increasing, besides the ideological confrontation.
Ambassador added that, despite the coronavirus pandemic, a dialogue at the highest level continues between Moscow and Paris, including between the heads of state by Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron. Work is conducted in 13 directions, and in September another – consultations on Afghanistan were added.
Bags concluded that Russia and France, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, are responsible for maintaining stability throughout the world, and mutual respect and sympathy of two peoples do not depend on the political climate.
Earlier, October 11, the EU has included eight hundreds of Russian citizens in the sanctions lists. All of them were law enforcement officers with judges, prosecutors and security officers responsible for compliance with Russian legislation. The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova, in turn, promised that the Kremlin will respond to the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions.