News Conference following Russia-EU Summit.Part 4
November 18, 2009
Stockholm
Пресс-конференция по итогам 24-го саммита Россия - ЕС.
18 ноября 2009 года
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PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOSE MANUEL BARROSO:
We want to be partners in the efforts for modernisation that Russia is now following. It is extremely important because it brings concrete results and advantages for our economies and our citizens, and we are very much looking forward to progress in this area. I think it is something that our citizens can understand well, both in Russia and the European Union. We can exploit to the fullest the potential of increased economic relations, regulatory convergence, people-to-people contacts, exchange of students, of scholars, of technologies there is great potential in these relations.
Of course, when it comes to modernisation, I want to stress also the importance of the implementation of the rule of law, which is also part of our open and comprehensive political dialogue. We do believe that vibrant, pluralistic civil societies are both the basis and the yardstick of any modern system.
I want to end by praising the attachment shown by President Medvedev to keep this open, very constructive dialogue. I think this was one of the best summits we had so far. I also want to thank the Swedish presidency, Prime Minister Reinfeldt, for his personal input to what was indeed a very constructive summit.
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNCIL JAVIER SOLANA: Thank you very much. As you can imagine, its very difficult to add something, after three very solid interventions, but bear with me one minute. We have been talking about many things that have been mentioned. And we have been talking also about the problems of today, and the international agenda. I would like to say very clearly that the cooperation between the European Union and the Russian Federation on peacekeeping, crisis management operations has been done, but it has been done without a framework. Im very happy that today, we have decided to start working on a framework, in such a manner that the cooperation in crisis management and it will be necessary in the world today between the European Union and Russia will be done in the scheme that will be devised on a permanent basis. I think that for me, that is a very important achievement, since this is probably the last time that I will be in a summit like this I think Ive been in 20 summits with you, more than anybody else here.
Mr President, it has been a pleasure to be with you, and Im sure that we will continue working I dont know how, but we will continue working working for a very, very important thing, which is a solid relationship between the Russian Federation and the European Union.
Thank you very much, Mr Prime Minister, Mr President.
QUESTION: Radio Sweden. A question for President Medvedev. When the war was raging in Georgia, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt compared Russia's actions to those of Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Could you please tell us if the tensions sparked back then have now dissipated? Can we say that relations between Sweden and Russia are now back to normal? Thank you.
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: What can I say? Carl Bildt overreacted. Anyone can get emotional. As for our relations today, allow me say a couple of things. First, relations between our countries go back a long way and feature everything: we have been close friends, we have fought each other, and it is perhaps for this reason that we are particularly sensitive to the different remarks and allusions to things that happen in our countries, even when they are only words.
Secondly, I do not believe that our relations have worsened significantly or come to a standstill. But it is true that perhaps we have not actively promoted them recently, and the fact that we met yesterday and had an informal discussion on various issues during dinner I am grateful to the Prime Minister for this and the fact that today we had full-fledged bilateral negotiations, show that we have the desire and ability to develop these relations on all fronts: in the economic, cultural and educational spheres and, perhaps most importantly, in so far as climate change is concerned. So there is no problem in that sense.
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