The time is right for the EU and Russia to mend ties, but sanctions should stay in place for now, France has said.
"The time has come, the time is right, to work towards reducing the distrust between Russia and Europe, who ought to be partners on a strategic and economic level," French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Moscow on Monday (9 September).
"We have acknowledged significant progress, significant changes over the past months," he added.
He referred to a ...
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