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Russia-EU partnership media briefing

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Published 28 October, 2008, 10:58

Foreign ministers from Russia and the European Union have held a media briefing following a meeting in St. Petersburg.

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French FM, Bernard Kouchner, Czech FM, Karel Schwarzenberg, EU Commissioner for External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and EU Foreign Policy Head, Javier Solana joined the partnership talks with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov hosting the event.

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