EU-Russia joint space on agenda of forum in Warsaw

WARSAW, May 31 (Itar-Tass) -- The Sixth Europe-Russia. Partnership for
Modernisation Forum will feature 200 participants from the EU, Russia,
neighbouring countries and the USA. They are politicians,
parliamentarians, officials, businesses, international and
non-governmental organisations, analysts.
"Economies of the European Union and Russia have a special position in
the changing global economic situation," organisers said. "On one hand,
they are of high level mutual cooperation and dependence, and, on the
other hand, they are highly differentiated."
"Facing challenges, they choose similar joint ways of overcoming
crisis and further successful development."
The key aspect of cooperation between major players is modernisation,
which includes innovations, investments and high technologies, as well as
evolution of society and political systems.
The Europe-Russia forum provides a platform to discuss modern state of
cooperation in Europe, where Russia's modernisation programme may become a
factor of the EU-Russia joint space, organisers say.
The Russia 2010 - Transformation Report will forestall the two-day
event. It will be followed by nine panel discussions of various economic
and political topics of cooperation between Russia and the EU. The key
topics include relations between NATO, EU and Russia, Europe's energy
security, regional partnership.
The first Europe-Russia forum was organised in Poland in 2005.
Following discussions were in Vilnius, Vienna, Rome and Bucharest.