The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Latvia will hold the first day of the week dialogues in the capital of Russi
Prospects of development of relations between Russia and the EU will discuss the first day of the week in Moscow the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Latvia Sergey Lavrov Edgar Rinkevich, according to a report by the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs issued on the first day of the weekend.
" The main goal is the discussion of the agenda of the Russia-EU in the framework of the presidency of Latvia in the EU Council in the first part of 2015, as well as topical issues of bilateral relations between our countries ", - emphasizes the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
" We hope that the first Latvian eurovita will be based on the principles of pragmatism, facilitating the removal of artificial restrictions on the path of cooperation and resolve problems of mutual interest for the Russian Federation and EU countries. In the framework of the international agenda is expected to discuss the complex issues associated with the development of the situation in Ukraine, paying attention to finding ways to begin a political process to overcome deep political downfall in this country, as well as other relevant issues, " the statement reads.
the foreign Ministry realized that the bilateral Russian-Latvian relations in the last period of time are not simple.
" General political information background of our relationship remains negative. Not a cause of serious concern the continued adverse situation with the rights of Russian compatriots, which is still far from the modern human rights standards, the problem of mass statelessness, the use of the Latvian authorities on visa restrictions on Russian commissioners cultural, scientific and political communities, " said foreign Ministry.
" to ascertain the lack of progress in resolving many of accumulated problems, and among them on the humanitarian track and bilateral interagency cooperation. We believe that the development of cooperation with Latvia in a constructive manner, on the basis of principles of mutual respect and good neighbourliness would be in the mutual interests of our countries and peoples, " said the report.
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