From The International Herald Tribune:
BRUSSELS: The European Union took a significant step Monday toward normalizing ties with Moscow strained by Russia's military campaign in Georgia, announcing that it would resume a set of negotiations put on ice after the August war.
Despite stern criticism of Moscow's actions from several of the EU's 27 nations, only Lithuania formally dissented from the decision Monday, which foreign ministers and analysts said was a clear acknowledgement of how much Europe and Russia need each other and of how the financial crisis has refocused world affairs since the summer.
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BRUSSELS: The European Union took a significant step Monday toward normalizing ties with Moscow strained by Russia's military campaign in Georgia, announcing that it would resume a set of negotiations put on ice after the August war.
Despite stern criticism of Moscow's actions from several of the EU's 27 nations, only Lithuania formally dissented from the decision Monday, which foreign ministers and analysts said was a clear acknowledgement of how much Europe and Russia need each other and of how the financial crisis has refocused world affairs since the summer.
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