PoliticsNormal Russia-US ties underpin Europe’s development, senior diplomat says
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the Verona Eurasian Economic Forum that normal relations between Moscow and Washington are a fundamental prerequisite for Europe’s peaceful development and prosperity. He said Europe’s political, economic and military weight would decline exponentially if it remained amid tensions between the two powers, and that security and predictability would enable Europeans to become an independent pole of power.
Normal Russia-US ties underpin Europe’s development, senior diplomat says