Brussels, 03/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The main message addressed to Moscow by Angela Merkel in an interview to the Financial Times on Wednesday was that under a German presidency of the Council of the Union during the first half of this year, negotiations with Russia would be fair but firm. Although she described herself as being “optimistic” about the results of the negotiations with Russia on the conclusion of a new partnership agreement before the expiry of the current Partnership...