Brussels, 01/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - There is little doubt that the anti-terrorist struggle and the EU and Russia's participation in the US riposte against those responsible for the attacks in the United States will dominate the six-monthly EU/Russia Summit to be held on Wednesday in Brussels, in which the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will be taking part. The EU delegation will be led by Guy Verhofstadt (acting President of the EU Council), the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and the High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana. On top of the standard Summit conclusions, the two sides will approve a separate declaration on terrorism. The full agenda has not yet been set (it can change from one moment to the next in line with diplomatic activity and the US preparations for military action), but the EU side signalled on Monday that the anti-terrorism discussions would also include international policy issues such as the situation in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Chechnya, nuclear non-proliferation, and the like. Against the same background, the politicians will discuss an intensification of anti-terrorist co-operation between the EU and Russia, but without setting up new bodies to this effect. EU politicians indicated on Monday that the EU/Russia Partnership and Co-operation Agreement already incorporates all the instruments needed for increasing co-operation in terms of combating terrorism, fighting organised crime, money laundering and drugs trafficking, so in the future the sides will want to make better use of existing structures under the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement. Long-term energy co-operation between the EU and Russia will also be discussed on Wednesday. A joint summary report (drafted by Commission departments and the Russian government, making an assessment of the technical consultations that took place last year to assess concrete co-operation options) will be formally endorsed by the two sides, while a High level Group will be set up to continue work and identify concrete measures to be taken in the future. A diplomat signalled that it was, in some respects, a question of moving discussions on from the technical to the political level in this area. The main objective of this long-term energy partnership is to help Russia restructure its energy industry and set up the conditions in Russia needed to attract the necessary European investment. In return, gas and oil exports from Russia to Western Europe could be sharply increased, thereby improving the EU's safety of supply and cutting the EU's dependence on OPEC countries. The European idea (expressed at the May 2001 EU/Russia Summit) of promoting harmonisation between the EU and Russian economic legislation and regulations will also be discussed with the aim of creating a Common European Economic Area. A High Level Group will be set up (with Commissioner Chris Patten representing the EU) in order to set out the programme's ultimate objective and the tangible measures needed to create it. Diplomatic sources indicated on Monday that it would not be a Free Trade Zone, but an approximation of the two sides' economic, trade and investment legislation which could form the first stage in a process of creating a Free Trade Zone at a later date.