Last week, a Russian Foreign Ministry source confirmed media reports suggesting that the embassies of EU member states in Russia had received a list of politicians, diplomats and military experts banned from entering the country.
"It is necessary to keep the channels open, it is in our interests to achieve the regulation of the conflict in Ukraine," Sawsan Chebli said.
The European Union, the United States and some other Western countries imposed several rounds of economic sanctions on Russia over allegations that Moscow meddled in Ukraine's internal affairs, which Russia has denied. A number of Russian individuals have been targeted with entry bans.
Moscow composed its own black list of US and EU nationals but did not make it publicly available.
