Stockholm, 23/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the close of the meeting between the participants at the European Council and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Stockholm Summit, Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson stressed that this was the first discussion of this kind ever held by the Russian President. He pointed out that the Fifteen had, in expressing their concern for the situation in Chechnya, recalled that the partnership between the EU and Russia must be based on...