Brussels, 18/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - A ministerial meeting will be held on Tuesday 19 October in The Hague between the EU Troika and Russia. Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot is, in his capacity as President of the EU Council, to receive his Russian opposite number, Sergueï Lavrov, in the presence of High Representative for CFSP Javier Solana and Commissioner Chris Patten, as well as a representative of the forthcoming Luxembourg Presidency. The meeting is largely devoted to the preparation of the EU/Russia Summit on 11 November in The Hague, but other topical issues are also on the agenda, the Dutch Presidency announced.