He also noted that European farmers could benefit from conditions of unfair competition and to capitalize on the Russian market.

"European sanctions limit the ability of our banks to obtain loans to Finance agriculture... We had to balance the situation", — quotes "Tape.Ru" the words of the head of Russian diplomacy.

Sergey Lavrov also said that sanctions are not initiated by Russia and the country's authorities to decide when they should be removed.

The EU and the United States began to impose anti-Russian sanctions in 2014, tying them with joining of Crimea to Russia and the conflict in the Donbass.

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