German Vice Chancellor and Economics Minister said that he supported the normalization of relations between the West and Russia.
MOSCOW
(Sputnik) – German Vice Chancellor and Economics Minister Sigmar
Gabriel said Sunday that he supported the normalization of relations
between the West and Russia.
"Of course, the Russian Federation must first adhere to the Minsk deal in resolving the Ukraine crisis. In the long term, it makes no sense to ask [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to resolve the conflict, and at the same time to exclude him from the G8," the politician said.
Late
November, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that
Russia would be able to rejoin the G8 group of countries, which is now
known as the G7, if it continued to cooperate with the West on Syria and
if the Ukrainian conflict was resolved.
The G7 group is considered to be a club of the world’s largest
economies. It was known as G8 before the seven industrial nations bowed
out of the G8 summit in Russia’s resort city of Sochi at the height
of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis and met in Brussels without Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's relations with the West, including the United States and the European Union, deteriorated dramatically following the reunification of Crimea with Russia in March 2014 and an escalation of the Ukrainian crisis later that year.
Washington, Brussels and their allies imposed several rounds of sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of meddling in Ukrainian internal affairs. Russia has repeatedly denied the allegations.
“I think the period of frosty relations
with Russia should end,” the politician said in an interview with Bild
am Sonntag newspaper.
Gabriel added that the decision to exclude Russia from what was the G8 group of leading economies was not far-sighted."Of course, the Russian Federation must first adhere to the Minsk deal in resolving the Ukraine crisis. In the long term, it makes no sense to ask [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to resolve the conflict, and at the same time to exclude him from the G8," the politician said.
Russia's relations with the West, including the United States and the European Union, deteriorated dramatically following the reunification of Crimea with Russia in March 2014 and an escalation of the Ukrainian crisis later that year.
Washington, Brussels and their allies imposed several rounds of sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of meddling in Ukrainian internal affairs. Russia has repeatedly denied the allegations.
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