Sergei Lavrov Russia is interested in a strong and United EU. This was stated on Friday, June 30, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at the “Primako readings” in Moscow, the correspondent “reports Tapes.ru”. Foreign Minister drew attention to the fact that in the EU the leaders of some countries say that the European Union is “imperfect and is about to disintegrate.” “We look at it all without any malice. We this pleasure is not exactly derived, but understand that you can’t influence what is happening in the EU. These processes, this fermentation must somehow calm down”, — concluded the foreign Minister. According to Lavrov, Russia expects that the EU will build its policy “on the basis of a balance of interests, not the opinions of Russophobic minority.” The crisis in relations between Moscow and Brussels occurred in the spring of 2014. Member States of the European Union have imposed
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