FT.com : Russia - Medvedev backs plan for Europe security summit - by Tony Barber and Stefan Wagstyl
Russia - Medvedev backs plan for Europe security summit - by Tony Barber and Stefan Wagstyl
The European Union and Russia backed plans yesterday for a pan-European security summit next year to ease tensions raised by the Georgia crisis and a dispute over missile systems in eastern Europe. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, and Dmitry Medvedev, his Russian counterpart, said the summit could take place next June or July, bringing together the US, Russia and the EU's 27 member states under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The fate of the proposal is likely to hang on the stance taken by Barack Obama, the US president-elect, after he takes office in January and conducts a review of US national security and defence policy.
Labels: EU, Nicolas Sarkozy, Russia, US
