Peskov: Putin and Zeman did not discuss the timing of the lifting of sanctions against Russia
The timing of the abolition of anti-Russian sanctions were not discussed in the process held in the first day of the weekend meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin And his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman, said press Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
"The timing (at the meeting), of course, be called not had the opportunity," - said Peskov, explaining the results of the negotiations held yesterday Putin And Zeman. However, he said that the head of the Czech Republic, "many times" stated " your opinion about the absolute futility of continuing this (sanctions) policy ", reports RIA " Novosti ". First print edition "Kommersant" reported that Zeman did not rule out the abolition of anti-Russian sanctions in 2015." I fully hope that the situation in Eastern Ukraine, where now, in practice, no civil war, although there are some local incidents, satisfactory. And I would add that the penalties can be completely eliminated, possibly before the end of the current year. The European Council will be discussing this in the middle of June or July, not sure. Well, we'll see, " - said Zeman. Before the Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that due to policies such as the Czech leader Milos Zeman, Moscow will work to restore relations with Brussels.
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