OREANDA-NEWS.  Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Argentine Republic Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

In the course of an exchange on the situation around Crimea and Ukraine, both parties noted the proximity of their positions, primarily in the assessment of the inadmissibility of the use by some Western states and associations of double standards, stressing the importance of a complex consideration of the two peoples’ national, historic and cultural traditions.

The two presidents also discussed current issues of cooperation between Russia and Argentina, including prospects for enhancing trade and economic relations.