Medvedev: Moscow is ready for normalization of the relations with Kiev

Russia is ready to structuring of normal and constructive relations with Ukraine, said President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with students and teachers of the University of Pittsburgh.

challenge the leadership of both countries - to do everything that relations were less problematic, that they were based on special mutual sympathy, which always existed between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, said the president of Russia. The main thing - to make efforts that these relations were normal, it requires effort, and Russia is ready for this - he stressed.

Russia and Ukraine, Medvedev said, are very close countries, close peoples, and the task of policymakers is to build tactical cooperation with a common history.

Recall that in recent months, relations between Ukraine and Russia have deteriorated significantly. They particularly acute after the August 6 President of Russia has decided to postpone the arrival of the Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine. He described the relationship between the two countries as crisis, in particular, expressed his dissatisfaction with the policy guidance of Ukraine on NATO's Black Sea Fleet, the Orthodox Church, the Russian language, as well as the armed conflict in the Caucasus in August last year.

But in his interview with CNN on September 20 Medvedev said the anti-Russia positions in the policies of President Victor Yushchenko. He also lashed out at the Ukrainian leadership, which he said constantly pushes the state into NATO

In turn, President Viktor Yushchenko in September, accused Russia of destabilizing the situation in Crimea. In addition, he stated that those involved in his poisoning in 2004, located in Moscow and once again expressed the need for Ukraine to join NATO.