Press Release: EU-Russia Summit on 21-22 May in Khabarovsk

The next EU-Russia Summit takes place in Khabarovsk, in the Russian Far East, on 21 and 22 May. The Summit will be hosted by President Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation. The Commission will be represented by President José Manuel Barroso. He will be accompanied by Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner for Trade, Baroness Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs. The Summit is an opportunity or the EU and Russia to discuss how best to coordinate responses to the financial and economic crisis. Climate change and energy security are also high on the agenda. International issues which will be tackled at the Summit range from efforts to promote greater stability in the common neighbourhood and in Europe more generally, through to the situation in the Middle East, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran and Sri Lanka among others.