Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 11 / Trend , V.Zhavoronkova/
Russia and the EU must develop a partnership to fight the global financial crisis, the Vesti television channel quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying in Moscow on Feb. 11.
"Russia and the EU cooperate on the Caucasus, Afghanistan and the Iranian nuclear program. We also have another issue to address - fighting piracy. We are ready to strengthen cooperation," Lavrov said.
Lavrov added that active preparation will be carried out in coming months for the EU-Russia summit in May 2009.
An EU delegation is meeting today with Lavrov in Moscow. It is the first high-level meeting between the parties since the November Russia-EU summit in Nice.
The EU delegation includes High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg.
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