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European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Oct. 10 said it was important to remain in dialogue with Russia and not dismiss it as a pariah, but also to maintain pressure on Moscow over its actions in eastern Ukraine and Syria.

Schulz told an event hosted by the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper that he expected the EU sanctions to remain in place because they were initiated as part of the Minsk peace agreement and the conditions for their withdrawal had not yet been met.

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