EU, Russia agree to cooperate in climate, energy fields

European Commison President Jose Manuel Barroso (L), Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt attend a news conference after a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Nov. 18, 2009. EU-Russian cooperation in climate and energy fields will be further intensified, the leaders from the EU and Russia said after the summit on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wu Ping) Photo Gallery>>>

    STOCKHOLM, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- EU-Russian cooperation in climate and energy fields will be further intensified, the leaders from the EU and Russia said after one day's EU-Russian summit on Wednesday.

    Climate change and energy issues dominated the discussions at the summit, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country is the current rotating presidency of EU, said at a joint press conference together with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President of the European Commission Jos Manuel Barroso and EU High Representative Javier Solana after the summit.  Full story