Statement by President Barroso following the EU-Russia Summit in Yekaterinburg (Delegation of the European Commission in Moscow, Russian Federation)

(Source: Delegation of the European Commission in Moscow, Russian Federation) European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso following the EU-Russia Summit in Yekaterinburg Press Conference/Yekaterinburg 4 June 2013 Thank you Mr President, Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here with you today at the heart of the Urals. In the past the Urals were considered to be the natural frontier of Europe. And Yekaterinburg was precisely at the frontier between Europe and Asia. Some called this city a window to Asia. However, in the 21st century the notion of frontiers, administrative or physical, has not...