European flags. File photoMOSCOW, June 16If the EU provides Ukraine with a roadmap to prepare for EU membership, this will mean the EU is ready to abandon its principles in favor of geopolitical interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday «I don't know if Ukraine is given this roadmap to prepare for membership, it will mean only one thing, that the EU is once again ready to turn a blind eye to all its criteria that have always existed for candidates and is ready to be guided solely by geopolitical considerations» , — Lavrov said during his interview to NTV channel at the SPIEF site. The XXV Anniversary St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is being held in St. RIA Novosti acts as an information partner of the forum.
