EU says ‘yes’ to dialogue with Russia
Russia Today
11 Novembre 2008
The EU will restart talks on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia. Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed that it's in the objective interests of the bloc to continue dialogue with Moscow, though no date has been set.
The old PCA expired at the end of 2007. In June, at the Russia-EU summit at Khanty-Mansiysk it was agreed that talks would be resumed. The first round of talks was held on July 4 and the second was scheduled for September 16, but it was suspended due to the conflict in the Caucasus.
Speaking at a news conference, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country currently holds the EU presidency said, "The dialogue must continue."
However, he added that the EU still actively condemns Russia's actions in the Caucasus last August.
It was also revealed that one EU member state …
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