Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrive for a joint news conference following their talks at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/Pool
Reuters: Putin says EU-Russia ties will return to normal 'sooner or later'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he is sure that relations between Russia and the European Union will get back to normal sooner or later.
"It will happen sooner or later. Relations between Russia and the European Union will be normalized," Putin said after talks at his residence near Moscow with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The EU imposed sanctions on Russia in response to Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula and the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some European leaders, including Orban, want to restore trade relations with Russia, testing EU solidarity over the issue.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Putin after their talks, Orban said he believed EU economic sanctions against Russia won't be extended this year, when they are due for renewal.
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WNU Editor: It depends on Ukraine. As long as the war continues in eastern Ukraine, tensions will remind high. And for the war to end, the Ukraine government will need to come to an accommodation with its Russian-Ukrainian community. Unfortunately ... that sentiment is not there at the moment.
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