Д.Медведев.24 саммит Россия - ЕС.18.11.09.Part 1

News Conference following Russia-EU Summit.Part 1
November 18, 2009
Stockholm

Пресс-конференция по итогам 24-го саммита Россия - ЕС.
18 ноября 2009 года
Стокгольм

SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER FREDRIK REINFELDT Welcome everybody, and a special welcome to President Medvedev and his team.

We have actually now concluded the 24th EU-Russia summit, and Russia is of course a key strategic partner to the European Union. Our cooperation covers many, many topics and a number of fields. We had a very good meeting today. We started informally yesterday, but today, with the European Union, we had a very good meeting. We confirmed our common objective: a strategic partnership built on trust and transparency. We had discussions on climate change, on energy, and global economy.

On climate change, Russia is very important on climate issues, important to get the deal in Copenhagen, important what Russia in itself is doing, its actually one of the biggest emitters of CO2 emissions in the world. We want to see an agreement in Copenhagen an agreement that could be put into a legal framework after Copenhagen, as had been discussed in Singapore. We also agree that we should stick to the target. That would mean that we need reductions both in developed and developing parts of the world to be able to achieve it.

On energy, we want stable and efficient cooperation. We are pleased that we have developed an early warning mechanism, and we have discussed this here today. This cooperation on climate and energy, as we think, should be intensified. It is very important for many of the European Union states to see this come in place.

On trade, we underline the spot for Russias accession to the World Trade Organisation and the importance of avoiding protectionism, through this financial crisis, but also at any other time.

On human rights, we exchanged views on developments on human rights. The rule of law and democracy in Russia, especially on the situation for human rights defenders in Russia its an increasing cause for concern.

In discussing our common neighbourhood, we urge Russia to implement its commitments following the August 2008 war in Georgia.

As I mentioned, we had an informal start yesterday, and I also want to acknowledge that in our talks, we were very grateful for the speeches and also the articles by President Medvedev, pointing out the need for the modernisation of the economy and of Russia, and we welcome this very much.


PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ladies and gentlemen,

We just concluded the EU-Russia summit. This was a special summit in several ways.

It is true that this summit, which we have been holding over the last several years, essentially heralds the 20th anniversary since the ties between Russia, at that time the Soviet Union, and what was then the European Economic Community were established. At that point, this was certainly a very significant, pivotal event.

Our summit is also taking place 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which divided the people of Europe, first and foremost the people of Germany. We just recently marked the anniversary of this highly important event in Germany, with participation of our colleagues who are here today, recognizing it as one of the most important historical moments in the unification of Europe.

In these two decades, the world has changed radically, and summits such as this one here in Stockholm are no longer surprising to anyone. On the contrary, these summits have become routine; but that does not make them any less important.

I would like to say that I am quite content with the results this summit has produced. We were able to cover the entire range of subjects traditionally discussed during EU-Russia summits, and at the same time, we did this in an entirely constructive way, without going into emotions or additional problems, which were sometimes conducive to such meetings, and sometimes counterproductive.

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