gas supply issues will be one of the priority topics at the summit
On November 18, Stockholm will host the 24th Russia-EU summit. Russia will be represented by President Dmitry Medvedev and the EU by President of the European Council, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Council Secretary General/High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
The summit will focus on Russia-EU interaction in dealing with global issues: climate change, global financial crisis, energy security, as well as Russian-Georgian war.
After the Russian-Georgian war in 2008, Sweden openly suggested implementing sanctions against Russia. The Georgian government is concerted about the fact that Russia is not executing the obligation taken under the six point peace plan, signed in August 2008, according to which the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should have withdrawn to the line where they were stationed prior to the beginning of hostilities.
Energy supplies to Europe are expected to be the top issue on the agenda of the summit. Europe wants assurances of secured gas flow from Russia after last year’s row between Moscow and Kiev left millions of Europeans in the cold. A new security system is to be proposed.
According to Kremlin Medvedev is also going to discuss with the European colleagues the problematic issues, like: North Korea’s nuclear problem, the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Cyprus and Kosovo issues.
