The car of the Czech Ambassador to Russia. Archive photoPRAGUE, Jul 18 Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said that the EU should develop a new strategy for relations with the Russian Federation and revise the current agreements, in particular, in the issue of visas.» The Czech Republic took the initiative to develop new strategy for EU relations with the Russian Federation, a number of countries have already supported us.We must proceed from the fact that our relations with Russia, at least for the next 10 years, will be very tense.Europe must be able to defend itself.We must reconsider some of our agreements with Russian Federation, for example, in the issue of visas,» the head of the Czech Foreign Ministry, which currently chairs the EU, said after an informal meeting of the EU foreign ministers on Monday. According to Lipavsky, the previous dialogue between the EU and the Russian Federation failed. regard to the Russian Federation, an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU countries in August in Prague will be devoted to the Czech Republic. Earlier, the Czech Foreign Ministry decided that entry visas, as well as permits for long Citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus will not be issued a permanent stay in the republic until March 2023. After the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Western countries began to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation, in particular, on Russian energy resources. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. The Czechs were afraid of poverty because of the inaction of the authorities
