RIA Novosti - Russia-EU cooperation pact talks may resume in November
Russia-EU cooperation pact talks may resume in November
Bernard Kouchner said in an interview with the Kommersant business daily that restoring ties between Russia and the EU was not a "two-day issue," although he added that the talks on the long overdue strategic cooperation agreement could still resume at a Russia-EU summit in Nice scheduled for November 14. Kouchner added that Moscow had on the whole complied with all the international commitments under the French-brokered peace plan to end the conflict in Georgia, although "a few disputable points remain." The first round of talks on a new wide-ranging deal between Russia and the EU was held in July. The agreement is set to replace the 1997 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which was extended for a year when it expired in December 2007.
