PressTV-Russia ‘to retaliate US sanctions, open to betterment of ties’

Russia has once again warned that it will take retaliatory action against the United States’ latest anti-Moscow sanctions.

“We will continue to act calmly and pragmatically, reacting to all attacks in accordance with the principle of reciprocity,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with Russian newspaper Pravda published on Tuesday, which also appeared on the official website of Russia’s Foreign Ministry.

The top Russian diplomat also expressed interest in resuming normal ties with the US.

“At the same time, we remain open to building normal mutually respectful relations with Washington based on a genuine consideration of each other’s interests,” he said.

Washington imposed new sanctions on Moscow earlier this month over what it called the attempted assassination in Britain of a former Russian intelligence agent, Sergei Skripal.

Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, fell ill in the British city of…

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