EU, Russia agree to cooperate in climate, energy fields
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Jose Manuel Barroso also welcomed Russia's raised ambitions on climate change.
"We cannot negotiate with nature. We cannot negotiate with physics. We cannot negotiate with science. I have asked my staff to cooperate closely with their Russian colleagues in order to work out the details of Russia's increased commitment on these issues," he said.
The two sides also agreed that cooperation in energy needs to be intensified.
"On trade, we called for Russian accession to the World Trade Organization and the importance of avoiding trade protectionism," said the Swedish prime minister.
Barroso echoed Reinfeldt that the EU supports Russian accession of the WTO because Russia is an important player in the world and an important trade partner with EU, too.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a news conference after a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Nov. 18, 2009[Wu Ping/Xinhua] |
Medvedev said that the two sides have conducted rational discussions over a number of issues.
"We discussed development of large economic projects, the energy cooperation issues, energy security in Europe, we found normal understanding because without agreements on these issues, we cannot imagine a normal life in Europe," he said.
"We must continue to exchange our opinion in order to lay solid base for future cooperation," the Russian president added.
Medvedev also stressed that the two sides should deal with visa with easy procedure so that Russian citizens can come to EU and EUcitizens can visit Russia easily.
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(L to R) European Commison President Jose Manuel Barroso, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana attend a news conference after a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Nov. 18, 2009. [Wu Ping/Xinhua] |
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