Press Release: EU-Russia Summit on 18 November in Stockholm

The response to the financial and economic crisis as well as climate change was the central themes for discussion at the EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm. Just weeks before the Copenhagen conference on climate change, leaders will explore how to best coordinate their actions in order to achieve an ambitious and comprehensive global deal. Energy security figures high on the agenda – at the Summit the leaders will endorse an enhanced Early Warning Mechanism. The Summit will address international foreign policy issues like Afghanistan/Pakistan, non-proliferation, Iran, the Corfu Process and frozen conflicts in the Common Neighbourhood as well as bilateral issues including the state of play in the negotiations on a New Agreement between the EU and Russia. A meeting of the Industrialists' Round Table will take place immediately after the Summit. The European Commission’s delegation is led by President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, accompanied by Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Commissioner for Trade, Baroness Catherine Ashton.