German Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrea Sasse responded to the words of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Russia's readiness to break off relations with the EU. She is quoted by Reuters.
Sasse called the Russian minister's statement “strange and incomprehensible.”
“We can refer to the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of (Germany, Heiko) Maas in the Bundestag, where he outlined our ideas about Russia and clearly said that we are interested in cooperation with Moscow. Therefore, today's statement by Minister Lavrov is really strange, “- quotes the diplomat” Interfax “.
Earlier, in an interview with journalist Vladimir Solovyov, Lavrov said that Moscow is ready to break off relations with Brussels if it imposes sanctions on sensitive sectors of the Russian economy. The minister stressed that Russia does not want to isolate itself from the rest of the world, but should not rule out such a development of events.
