First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow.

At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement.

In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted for belonging to Russia. This is democracy, the people's will.

Our intention is to develop music, theatre and exhibition activities on the Far Eastern regions.

We have already begun taking concrete steps to change the structure of our economy and, as we have discussed a great deal, to give it a more innovative quality.

The issues of political nature should be solved in any country, including in Syria, primarily by its people.

If regional associations are created, they should work on the basis of WTO norms, on the WTO basis.