Brussels, 24/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the EU and Russia sought to play down the fact that the Helsinki Summit had been unable to launch negotiations for a new partnership agreement because of the Polish veto preventing the EU from approving its common position on this question (EUROPE 9313). Both parties were of the view that the problem of the Russian embargo on imports of Polish meat was a “purely technical rather than political” matter, which should be resolved as swiftly...