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Russian Foreign Ministry’s media conference

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Published 01 September, 2008, 12:02

Relations with Russia are to be the focus of an extraordinary EU summit in Brussels, called by French President Nicholas Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the bloc's rotating presidency. Ahead of the summit, the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Andrey Nesterenko has held a media conference.

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