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Two areas inside South Ossetia and Abkhazia are causing the current hesitation. (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

EU ministers keep Russian partnership on hold

Despite pressure from some EU capitals, the union's foreign ministers stopped short of resuming talks on a new EU-Russia partnership treaty, temporarily put on ice in September due to Russia's military presence in Georgia.

"It is very difficult to flag up the exact date," said French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner when asked about prospects of the talks. Speaking in Luxembourg after a meeting of EU foreign ministers, he cited the dispute over two areas inside South Ossetia and Abkha...

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Two areas inside South Ossetia and Abkhazia are causing the current hesitation. (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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