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    RUSSIA LAYS NO CLAIMS TO MONOPOLY IN DIALOGUE WITH EU

    ARKA News Agency
    Sept 12 2005

    YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA-RIA "Novosty"/. Russia does not lay
    claims to monopoly in the CIS in the dialogue with the European Union,
    Russian Permanent Representative to EU Vladimir Chizhov said.

    "Russia's official position is: we do not lay claims to monopoly of
    the post-Soviet state. We are ready to develop a dialogue with the
    EU, the more so that a number of the CIS countries aim at integration
    into the EU," Chizhov said in his interview to Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

    "We are also ready to discuss prospects of cooperation with the CIS
    structures, first of economic cooperation. This is Common European
    Space and EurAsEc," Chizhov said.

    He pointed out that when the European Economic Space was formed "there
    were natural question about how it was connected with our work with
    the EU, and we provided comprehensive answers to those questions."

    As regards the Nagorno-Karabakh, Transdniestrian and other conflicts,
    he said that the EU is interested in both discussing and assisting
    in settling them. "We are ready to consider various political and
    material proposals," he said.

    Chizhov said that each of the conflicts has its own format of
    negotiations. In the case of Nagorny Karabakh it is the OSCE Minsk
    Group. "These formats may not be perfect, but they are optimal and
    acceptable for all the conflicting parties. If the EU wants and
    can contribute to progress, we only welcome this. This position
    is incorporated in a joint statement of the RF and EU adopted at
    the Rome Summit in 2003," Chizhov said. Speaking of the domestic
    political situation in the CIS he stated that "each side is free to
    state its opinion."

    "Any joint actions of Russia and EU to influence the political
    situation in a country are out of the question. This concerns both
    Belarus and other countries. As regards our assessments of colored
    revolutions, we can make them as part of the RF-EU dialogue and on
    other international platforms," Chizhov said. P.T. -0--
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