News: Russia & EU

AFP. BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Commission on Wednesday urged member states to agree next week to resume EU-Russia partnership talks, frozen over the Georgia conflict.

RIA Novosti. MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia sees no obstacles to the signing of a new partnership and cooperation agreement with the European Union, President Dmitry Medvedev said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The Earth Times. Brussels - The European Union should re-open talks on a strategic deal with Russia which it froze following Russia's invasion of Georgia as soon as possible, the bloc's executive said Wednesday. "It is the view of the (European) Commission that the next negotiating sessions should be scheduled now," a report from the Brussels-based body on the EU's relationship with Russia said.

The Moscow Times. VILNIUS, Lithuania — The presidents of Poland and Lithuania want the European Union to delay resuming talks with Russia on a new partnership pact until all Russian forces have left Georgia.

guardian.co.uk. President Dmitry Medvedev said today that Russia will deploy missiles in territory near Nato member Poland in response to US missile defense plans.

The Baltic Times. VILNIUS – A Lithuanian official speaking on the condition of anonymity has hinted that the country would block a French proposal to renew EU talks with Russia.

Deutsche Welle. French foreign minister says the EU is back on track to restart partnership negotiations with Russia. But that does not mean Moscow and the bloc have settled their differences over the Caucasus.

RIA Novosti.MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and the European Union have agreed to continue unofficial talks on a pan-European security treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

International Herald Tribune.The European Union plans to resume talks on a major political and economic cooperation agreement with Russia at a summit next month, the French foreign minister said Tuesday.

iStockAnalyst. (Source: Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English)MOSCOW. Oct 27 (Interfax) - The Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council will convene in St. Petersburg on October 28 to discuss the current state of Russia-EU relations and prospects for further negotiations on a new fundamental treaty, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Interfax.