The EU will allocate 200 million Euro on cross-border cooperation with Russia up to 2020
European Union does not want to curtail cooperation with Russia in the border regions and is ready to allocate in the coming year, 200 million euros for the development of cross-border relations for four years, told reporters in Murmansk, the head of the EU delegation to Russia Vygaudas u?ackas.
He noticed that cross-border cooperation of punishment is not touched. According to the Usackas, the EU consciously made this decision ", and cross-border projects are required to develop in the future.
"We have allocated more resources, as well as among them. For the next four years planned more than 200 million be allocated from the EU budget on the development of cross-border cooperation ", - said Usackas.
He also said that the educational program will be allocated up to ? 20 million, and among them, the Russian students and teachers will be able to participate in the program " Erasmus plus ", which gives young people in the Russian Federation and EU countries, to learn, to gain experience and to do volunteer work abroad.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July last year, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.
Moscow has stated many times that it is not involved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia noted that all charges against her on as if the intervention in the Ukrainian crisis unsubstantiated. Imposed by the West restrictive measures Moscow called illegal, baseless and futile.
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