“We note that there are more and more signs that EU countries are interested in developing cooperation with us,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, in an interview with argumenti.ru, commented on EU sanctions against Russia.

In December, Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs, in an interview with RT, praised the EU’s extension of economic sanctions against Russia.