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Meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia regards the processes underway in Europe, above all European Union expansion, with respect and attention and is ready both for a positive and constructive dialogue and for compromise

February 4, 2004

Russia hopes that its European partners will take a similar approach. The President noted that Russia wants to build its relations with EU on a good-neighbourly basis that takes into account the interests of both sides.

February 4, 2004