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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9654

1 May 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/russia
Moderate points of contention despite deadlock over partnership agreement - Differences on Georgia

Brussels, 30/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Moscow is becoming impatient, but is not apparently worrying too much, over the extra delay in opening talks with the EU on a new partnership agreement, after Lithuania maintained its reservations with regard to adopting a mandate for the talks at the External Relations Council on 29 April (see EUROPE 9653). “Russia is prepared to wait until the EU is ready begin negotiations on the new cooperation agreement,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

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