Medvedev hosts EU leaders in Siberia
2008-10-03 02:09:10

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Khanty Manskiysk, Russia, June 27, SPA -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
began a summit with EU leaders Friday expected to relaunch talks on a
partnership pact after a thaw in relations, according to DPA.
Analysts say the negotiations will offer both sides a chance to
size up the political will to overcome a host of problems in the
energy and security sectors before a deal can be brokered.
Official talks on the broad-ranging political pact will begin on
July 4 in Brussels.
Brussels-based diplomats hope Medvedev will prove a more flexible
partner than his predecessor Vladimir Putin, whose bellicose line
aggravated relations with the EU's post-Soviet member states, according to DPA.
Poland and Lithuania vetoed earlier attempts at an agreement
because of bilateral trade rows and Russia's entanglement in the so-
called frozen conflicts in Georgia and Moldova.
Medvedev has shown no inclination to exacerbate things, but press
statements by his top advisors have criticized attempts by EU member
states to "politicize" relations and manipulate the EU.
Both sides differ on what form a new agreement should take. Russia
wants a more general plan mapped on the one which expired last year,
while the EU insists on a more detailed pact, with precise wording on
energy and security issues.
--SPA

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