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The 25th summit between Russia and the European Union (EU) concluded in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don Tuesday.

At a joint press conference after the summit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, European Council President Herman van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso all hailed the two-day summit as fruitful, open and friendly.

A joint statement on the Partnership for Modernization, a bilateral agreement on the protection of classified information as well as a declaration condemning Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bond international aid flotilla one day ago have been issued during the summit.

Dmitry Medvedev has opened the Russia-EU summit in the southern Russian town of Rostov-on-Don. Within the three-hour meeting the sides are to discuss the economy, modernization and security.
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Opening the summit on Tuesday, the Russian president expressed hope that the event will become the beginning of the sides’ co-operation in the sphere of modernization.