Lappeenranta, 04/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the weekend, EU foreign ministers stressed the importance of reaching a strengthened strategic partnership between the European Union and Russia, and reiterated their desire to begin negotiations soon on a new agreement to replace the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), which is due to expire in November 2007, after ten years. Even though relations with Moscow are not always smooth, “we should not regard Russia as a problem,...