17/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - A few days before her meeting with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, due to take place in Moscow on Sunday 21 January, German Chancellor and current President of the Council of the EU Angela Merkel emphasised the importance of re-establishing confidence between the EU and Russia, particularly in the area of energy. After the incident where supplies of Russian oil, transiting through Belarus to the EU via the Druzhba oil pipeline were temporarily halted (see...