Putin: Russia will not isolate itself from Europe
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Russia is not going to close itself off from European citizens and businesses, President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF), the translation of which was conducted on the forum site.
“We must not [туристической] sphere to do nothing that is contrary to our interests. We are interested in young people coming and studying with us. We are interested in business coming here and working despite all the restrictions. And there are a lot of such businessmen who love Russia, trust it and want to work here. Welcome, please, let them come and work,” he said.
Russia will not cut off these contacts on its own, Putin stressed. The countries that do this are not restricting Russia, but themselves.
On August 31 in Prague, at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, the main issue for discussion was the issue of restrictions on the issuance of Schengen visas to Russian citizens. Poland, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia bordering on Russia demanded that the European Commission tighten its visa policy towards Russia. At the same time, a number of countries, including Germany and Hungary, did not support a complete ban on issuing visas to Russians.
As a result of the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, already announced that the foreign ministers of the EU countries could not agree on a ban on visas for Russian citizens, but by a majority of votes a decision was made to cancel the simplified procedure for issuing visas.
On the eve it became known that the permanent representatives of the EU countries may approve the complete suspension of the visa facilitation agreement with Russia on September 7.
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