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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/russia/transport

Despite continued differences with Moscow, Barrot hopes to find “basis for agreement” on flights over Siberia by EU/Russia summit in November

Brussels, 08/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Negotiations between the European Commission and Russia on surcharges imposed on European airlines that wish to fly over Siberia are making headway but there are still differences to be overcome. This was stressed by Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot, and the Finnish and Russian Transport Ministers, Susanna Huovinen and Igor Levitin, who met at a meeting of the EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Transport. It was the first time that the EU...

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