Putin named desire Merkel and Hollande to extend the sanctions a “dead end”
Putin named desire Merkel and Hollande to extend the sanctions a “dead end”
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The Russian President considered that the extension of sanctions will not help resolve any problems.
Assistant to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov said that the extension of sanctions against Russia is a “dead end”.
This is reported by “RIA Novosti”.
“This decision of our Western partners — whether they want to cooperate or want to follow the path of sanctions. We believe that this is a dead-end path, does not solve any problems”, — said Ushakov, answering the question whether it was expected for Russia, a statement on the proposal to extend sanctions.
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Recall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande want the extension of sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine. “It will be important to extend sanctions against Russia, despite the fact that we would like more progress in the implementation of this process (Minsk agreements)”, – quotes the Chancellor of the Interfax news Agency.
in turn, Hollande said that if the Minsk agreement will not be implemented, “sanctions will be extended”. “I, like Merkel, are in favour of extending the sanctions,” – said the French President.