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Russia ready to cooperate with West on equal basis, FM says
Last Updated: 2016-09-01 21:16 | Xinhua
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Russia is ready to cooperate with the West only on an equal basis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

"We are not interested in turning away from anybody. We are ready for the resumption of normal, full-fledged relations with the European Union and with the United States," Lavrov told students of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

However, he noted, Western countries will have to do a lot to restore the confidence of Russia and predictability in European affairs.

Moscow will work with any U.S. leader who will win the support and trust of the people at the upcoming elections, but it should be on the basis of mutually agreed principles, equality, mutual interest and mutual respect, he added.

Relations between Russia and the West grew tense when Western countries imposed sanctions on Russia over Moscow's annexation of Crimea and involvement in the Ukraine crisis in 2014.

In late June, Russia extended its embargo on food imports from the European Union (EU) and some other countries until the end of 2017, while the EU in early July announced it would extend its economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until Jan. 31, 2017.

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