A Russia-EU summit will be held in Russia on May 30, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday during his official visit to Moscow.
Moratinos said that Spain needs to work on those liabilities, which it has undertaken as the EU chair, specifically to hold preparations for the summit due on May 30 in Russia and to begin working in different groups leading to the success of the upcoming summit.
Last year, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attended the EU-Russia summit in Stockholm, where agreement was reached on key issues of energy cooperation and security. However, the summit produced no breakthroughs in signing a new comprehensive partnership pact to replace a treaty that expired last year.
"The EU-Russia summit in Stockholm showed that as natural partners and close neighbors we can solve all current problems constructively. A new important step has been taken towards building a truly equal strategic partnership for the benefit of peoples of Greater Europe," Medvedev said.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called the talks "one of the best meetings we have had."
MOSCOW, January 12 (RIA Novosti)
