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    EU READY TO WORK WITH RUSSIA IN CAUCASUS

    ANSA English Media Service
    September 16, 2004

    BRUSSELS

    (ANSA) - BRUSSELS, September 16 - The European Union recognises the
    important role of Russia in the Caucasus and the EU must be ready and
    is ready to work with Moscow in finding a solution to the problems
    in the area, the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi
    told Italian news agency ANSA on Thursday.

    Prodi said that the terrible events in Beslan at the beginning of
    the September showed that terrorism feeds on instability.

    Prodi will leave on a mission to South Caucasus, where he will meet
    major political leaders from the civil and religious society of
    Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.

    Prodi's trip, which ends on Sunday, has the objective of developing the
    neighbouring policy that the EU intends to have with the countries at
    the borders of the EU and in this case it would push itself further
    because the area is a scene of grave turmoil. The recent history
    of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia is hovering between democratic
    development and authoritarianism.

    According to Prodi the EU can help these countries develop economically
    and politically, by starting a dialogue with them, which it hopes
    would be easier than what Russia and the USA can do, because they
    have a more aggressive policy and stronger interests.

    The president of the EC reminded that these countries have energy
    products and that they are economically important because they are
    situated in a strategic area. (ANSA). (MD/krc)
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