Interview with Sergey Medvedev
Published: 25 October, 2007, 20:26
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The future direction of Europe will be discussed at Friday's Russia-EU conference in Portugal. Political analyst Sergey Medvedev from Moscow's Higher School of Economics told RT what can be expected from the talks.
The expert believes the expiry of the Russia-EU Partnership and Co-operation Agreement in December due to Poland’s blocking the negotiation on the a treaty will not do much harm since the document has a provision for automatic prolongation.
“It will just extend for a year and then maybe for another year. I don’t think it’s a problem. I mean the United States and the EU do not have a treaty and they live pretty much in an agreement.”
"However, it is important. It is important diplomatically and politically. But we can wait for a more favourable environment and then it can be re-negotiated and signed.
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