A delegation of the European Movement International (EMI) led by Pat Cox, EMI President, will meet with civil society, stakeholders and political representatives on 24-25 February 2011 in Moscow to discuss options for increased cooperation with the EMI. Mr Cox will be accompanied by Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, EMI Vice-President and Diogo Pinto, EMI Secretary General.
Currently on top of the EU agenda, the EMI meeting has the right timing and coincides with the executive-to-executive-talks of the European Commission with the Russian Government.
President José Manuel Barroso and the European Commission will host a Russian delegation headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on 24 February 2011. The talks will cover the full range of EU-Russia relations, from support to Russia’s modernization process to trade and energy matters, from deeper technological cooperation to international affairs.  
More information:

• European Commission meets Russian Government for executive-to-executive talks

• EU-Russia relations (MEMO/11/104)

• The EU-Russia Partnership – basic facts and figures