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Swiss Parliament Speaker Hopes for Thaw With Russia After Ukraine Row

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Swiss parliament speaker Raphael Comte hopes that the confederation will be able to revive dialogue with Russia to agree a way out of the Ukraine crisis. 20.10.2016, Sputnik International

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Swiss Parliament Speaker Hopes for Thaw With Russia After Ukraine Row

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© Sputnik / Michael Klimentyev / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, background 2nd right, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, foreground right, during the Normandy format meeting between the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France on settling the Ukrainian conflict, at the Paul Loebe Haus parliamentary building in Berlin, October 19, 2016. Background 3rd right: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Background left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Background 3rd left: Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, background 2nd right, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, foreground right, during the Normandy format meeting between the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France on settling the Ukrainian conflict, at the Paul Loebe Haus parliamentary building in Berlin, October 19, 2016. Background 3rd right: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Background left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Background 3rd left: Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov. - Sputnik International

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Swiss parliament speaker Raphael Comte hopes that the confederation will be able to revive dialogue with Russia to agree a way out of the Ukraine crisis.

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BERN (Sputnik) — Comte, who presides over the upper-house Council of States, said that economic cooperation between Switzerland and Russia depended on a positive outcome of the Ukrainian conflict.

"Despite our differences, I hope the dialogue that was halted due to the conflict will be renewed for us to have a chance of finding consensus that would make it a win-win for all," Comte said at an economic forum in Bern.

The outbreak of a war in Ukraine in early 2014 strained relations between Russia and Europe. Switzerland did not join EU sanctions on Russia but said it would prevent any attempts to bypass them.