Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with Felipe Gonzalez Marquez, Chairman of the Group of Wise Men (GWM) of the European Union, here on Tuesday.
The presidential press service reported, “The agenda of the meeting between the Russian president and the chairman of the Group of Wise Men includes issues of Russia-EU partnership in the solution of the global problems of contemporaneity, Medvedev”s initiative to conclude a European security treaty, visa-free mutual trips by Russian and EU citizens, and issues of the institutional development of the European Union. These issues will be reviewed in association with the strategy of Russia”s economic development until 2020 and the strategy of the EU”s development in the period from 2010 to 2020.”
After the Lisbon treaty became effective on December 1, 2009, the EU acquired international personality, and more systemic relations between institutions and member-states. In this connection, the EU is planning to set up a single foreign policy service. Taking into account the significance of these changes for the EU and the priorities in interaction with Russia, a proposal was brought forward to work out Partnership for Modernization.
