Baku-APA. The EU sanctions on Russia violate human rights, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva Alexey Borodavkin said on Thursday at an international conference that focused on ways out of the crisis in Russia-Europe relations, APA reports quoting TASS.
"The EU directly violates human rights in relation to Russia," the diplomat said.
"The sanctions imposed on us are not only illegitimate from the point of view of classical international law, but also violate the rights of Russian citizens to freedom of movement, development, decent work and others."
According to Borodavkin, Russia calls for "an honest, equal dialogue on human rights", and it would be fair if "Europe finally noticed and appreciated the tremendous progress that the new Russia has made in promoting and protecting human rights." Because "it took centuries" to do that in Europe.
"We cannot fail to see that the European human rights values literally started falling down as soon as Europe faced the threats of terrorism and mass illegal migration", the head of the Russian diplomatic mission said.
The conference, organized by the University of Geneva in cooperation with Russia’s MGIMO University and the French Institute of International Relations, gathered scientists, politicians and experts.
President and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter delivered an opening address at the forum.
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