Russia Expects Closer Cooperation with EU: OfficialMoscow hopes that the upcoming European Union (EU) summit in the French city of Nice will promote further rapprochement between Russia and the union, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday, December 14."Russia attaches great significance to cooperation with the European Union. We will follow the summit with a positive interest, " Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told a news conference here. "We hope that the reforms taking place in both Russia and the EU will promote our further rapprochement and the development of a strategic partnership, the formation of a true multi-polar world order," Yakovenko said. |
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