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Schroeder warns of Turkey and Russia drifting towards China
By EUobserver
Germany's former chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, who now chairs Russian state oil giant Rosneft, has urged the EU to embrace Russia and Turkey in order to prevent them from drifting closer to China. "This is one reason why we need a viable relationship with Russia and Turkey," Schroeder said at a business forum in Munich.