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Sanctions likely to affect Russia-U.S. cooperation: Russian FM

Xinhua, March 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned that the recently extended sanctions against Russia by the U.S. might undermine the possibility of bilateral cooperation on major international issues.

"It is time that Washington realize the futility of its sanction policy and the risk of the entire confrontation course with Russia. We reserve the right to retaliate with means we believe to meet Russian interests," the ministry said in an online statement.

"While systematically dismantling the framework of bilateral relations, the U.S. should take into account that such actions undermine the possibility of cooperation on key international problems that they regularly request we to help solve," the statement said.

Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed regret over Washington's decision to extend sanctions against Moscow.

On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama extended for another year the sanctions slapped on Russia on March 2014 over Moscow's alleged interference in Ukraine crisis.

Denying such allegations, the Russian side repeatedly criticized the Kiev government over failure and unwillingness to fulfill the Minsk accords and to peacefully solve the crisis. Endit