EU wants dialogue with Russia, needs feedback from Moscow, Austria’s top diplomat says

The European Union wants to build a dialogue with Russia, but Moscow is not interested in it now, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg maintained on Saturday ahead of the May 24 EU summit where relations with Russia will be in the focus.

"Relations [of Russia and the EU] are definitely tense and overshadowed now. It takes two to tango, as the phrase goes. The European Union wants a dialogue. We want channels for a dialogue, but this requires reaction that [the other party] also wants this," the foreign minister told O1 radio station on Saturday.

However, Russia is not interested in this now judging by the signals coming from Moscow, he maintained.