The EU-Russia energy dialogue
Written by Charles Grant, , 09 May 2003
Russia is the EU's biggest neighbour. The EU is Russia's most important trading partner and source of foreign investment. Yet EU-Russia relations have often suffered from discord over contentious issues such as trade quotas, rules on visas, the Kaliningrad enclave or human rights in Chechnya. So it is all the more important for both sides to identify areas of common interest. Energy is such an area.
