MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In July, Bratislava assumes the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.
"The president and the prime minister discussed issues on the bilateral agenda, first of all — in the economic sphere, including in the context of the forthcoming presidency of Slovakia in the European Union," Peskov said.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated amid the 2014 crisis in Ukraine. The European Union, the United States and their allies have introduced several rounds of anti-Russian sanctions since the reunification of Crimea with Russia in 2014, accusing Moscow of meddling in the Ukrainian conflict, a claim Russian authorities have repeatedly denied.
The EU leaders summit is scheduled for June 28-29. Extending the EU economic sanctions against Russia, which are due to expire in July, is likely to be on the summit's agenda.
