Nicolas Sarkozy, the current President of the European Council and José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, welcomed Dmitri Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation to Nice on 14 November 2008 for the EU-Russia summit, in the presence of the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and foreign affairs ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Bernard Kouchner.

The discussions focused mainly on Georgia, pan-European security and the international financial crisis.

Source and further information:website of the Presidency of the Council.

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