Medvedev: Sanctions Must be Lifted for Ties With West to Improve
Last updated on: November 12, 2014 6:20 PM
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was quoted as saying on Thursday sanctions must be abandoned to overcome problems in relations with the West after meeting President Barack Obama on the sidelines of a meeting in Asia.
It is necessary “to abandon sanctions, move relations to a normal, working order, return to normal, calm, productive talks,” Interfax news agency quoted Medvedev as saying in Myanmar, also known as Burma, where he is attending a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
He was also quoted as saying he expected the ruble to firm eventually when the Russian economy found “its point of balance.”
Earlier, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Yuriy Sergeyev, said that it is due to his country’s “restraint” that the conflict in the east between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists has not yet turned into an all-out war.
"The only reason why... open war in the east of Ukraine hasn’t started yet is because of Ukraine’s restraint,” Sergeyev said.
Sergeyev spoke at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting called Wednesday after NATO and European monitors reported Russian tanks, troops and weapons crossing the border in the past few days.VOA
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