IN BRIEF: Kremlin spokesman on relations with Europe, situation on energy markets

MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The possibility of dialogue with European countries, the situation on global energy markets, and the conflict in the Middle East were the main topics of the briefing on April 20 by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

TASS has compiled the key statements of the Kremlin spokesman.

- Russia has never rejected dialogue with other countries but it usually finds no reciprocity in Europe: "Russia has never rejected dialogue. On the contrary, we seek dialogue, but oftentimes, this attitude is not reciprocated in Europe."

- Russia believes that "any contradictions and differences in interests can and must be resolved only at the negotiating table."

- The Kremlin considers it premature to speak of any shift in the overall European attitude toward Russia: "I think it is too early to draw any broad conclusions about a shift in the climate across Europe. After all, we are hearing statements of a very different nature coming from Brussels."