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April 5 2004

Four of the seven new NATO member states, who have not yet signed the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, have pledged to do so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov informed President Vladimir Putin.

Mr Lavrov, who attended a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, said that the NATO Secretary General had confirmed that the countries not yet party to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe will become party to it once it comes into force.

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April 2 2004

Russia has never expressed any fears regarding European Union enlargement, President Vladimir Putin noted during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

The question is one of how relations will develop between Russia and the European Union, which accounts for more than 51 percent of Russia’s trade turnover.

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"Our ultimate goal should be to return Russia to its place among the prosperous, developed, strong and respected nations." Annual Presidential Adress to the Federal Assembly, May 16, 2003

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