Kremlin - Juncker visit unlikely to mend EU-Russia ties


  • World
  • Tuesday, 31 May 2016

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A visit by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to Russia next month is unlikely to lead to a breakthrough in Moscow's strained relations with Europe, but is a good chance to start trying to narrow differences, the Kremlin said on Monday.

The Kremlin gave its assessment of the visit after a Commission spokeswoman said Juncker had agreed to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 16, a move that may stir debate on the EU's fraught relations with Moscow.

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