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Russia has no intention to hold talks with EU over lifting of sanctions — envoy

The European Union has created this problem on its own and it is up to the EU to resolve it, says Russia’s EU envoy
Russia’s EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov ITAR-TASS/Grigoriy Sysoev
Russia’s EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov
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BRUSSELS, February 16. /TASS/. Russia has no intention of holding talks with the EU over the lifting of sanctions, Russia’s EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov told TASS in an interview.

"Russia has not conducted any talks with the EU over the lifting of sanctions and it has no intention to do so. The European Union has created this problem on its own and it is up to the EU to resolve it," he believes.