BARROSO: EUROPE SHOULD TAKE A TOUGHER STANCE TOWARDS RUSSIA

AZG Armenian Daily
18/10/2006

Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, has urged
European leaders to take a tougher stance towards president Vladimir
Putin of Russia in regard to issues of energetic safety, Georgia’s
blockade and investigation into the assassination of famous journalist
Anna Politkovskaya.

President Putin is slated to meet European leaders in Finland on
October 20. "I do not want to be suspected in clashing with Russia
but I am sure we will achieve no results if he step back from our
principles when it comes to Russians," Barroso said.