'Hard security' will be the main topic at the EU-Russia summit in the far-eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk near the border with China on 21-22 May, the country's ambassador to the EU told journalists in Brussels yesterday (13 May).
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EurActiv on 14th May 2009 (via euractiv.com)
EU officials admitted their embarrassment after Brussels journalists vigorously protested over a cancelled press conference during last week's EU-China summit. The event was reportedly scrapped at the last minute because independent Chinese journalists risked upsetting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
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EurActiv on 11th Oct 2010 (via euractiv.com)
Brussels has reacted with astonishment to a decision by China to postpone next week's EU-China summit in retaliation for visits by EU leaders with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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EurActiv on 27th Nov 2008 (via euractiv.com)
Reactions to Russian proposals on financial reform ahead of the G20 summit in London have generally been positive, a high-ranking Russian official told journalists after holding talks in Brussels yesterday (17 March).
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EurActiv on 18th Mar 2009 (via euractiv.com)
Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down.
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TheIndependent on 4th Feb 2012 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
China and Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution last night to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and 13 of his henchmen.
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TheIndependent on 14th Jul 2008 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
Russia and China vetoed a European-backed UN Security Council resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria if it did not halt its military crackdown against civilians.
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TheIndependent on 5th Oct 2011 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
Zimbabwe has hailed yesterday's failure by the United Nations to agree the very limited sanctions against that had been sought by Britain and America. China and Russia used their Security Council vetoes to stop the arms embargo and travel ban...
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ConservativeHome on 15th Jul 2008 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
Russian and European Union officials had a choice of 11 time zones when they chose a venue for the annual Russia-EU summit. They picked Khabarovsk, near the Chinese border and nine time zones from Brussels
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FT on 21st May 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Russia wants to take part in the privatisation of Polish companies, its president said yesterday (6 December) during a visit designed to draw a line under old disputes and highlight burgeoning economic ties. From Warsaw, Medvedev left for Brussels, where an EU-Russia summit is being held today.
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EurActiv on 7th Dec 2010 (via euractiv.com)
Gordon Brown has delivered a stark warning to Russia ahead of the European Union Summit in Brussels.
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SkyNews on 30th Aug 2008 (via news.sky.com)
