Utrikesminister Carl Bildt försöker gärna utmåla sig som en försvarare av de europeiska
värdena och kritiker av den neo-kommunistiska
ryska imperialismen. Nedanstående artikel
tillägnas dem som händelsevis tror på det.....
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Sweden and the UK throw their weight behind
renewed post-Georgia bid for partnership,
despite objections of Poland and Lithuania.
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Lithuania and Poland – Moscow's harshest critics
in the EU – were increasingly isolated after David
Miliband and Carl Bildt, the foreign ministers of
the United Kingdom and Sweden respectively
and not typically soft on Russia, issued a statement
in support of a resumption of talks just hours before
the foreign ministers met today. They said that a
strategic partnership with Russia was “not in place
as of today” but that it was in the interest of both
the EU and Russia to conclude a partnership agreement.
“We need and want to work with Russia,”
the statement read, echoing similar earlier messages
from the European Commission.
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