MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the sides will take part in a seminar on possible ways of cooperation between Moscow and Lyon in sectors such as clean technology, digital technology and natural sciences.
Since 2014, relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated amid the crisis in Ukraine. The United States, the European Union and some of their allies have introduced several rounds of anti-Russia sanctions after Crimea's reunification with Russia and Moscow's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian conflict.
Some French officials and businesses have repeatedly called for the lifting of the EU sanctions. In April, the French National Assembly adopted a resolution calling on the government to protest the extension of EU sanctions against Russia.
