POLITICS
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA, GERMANY AND FRANCE TO MEET IN SOCHI
The official representative the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation of A. Jakovenko, making comments for the Russian mass media the forthcoming meeting of president Vladimir Putin, Gerhard Schroeder and Jacques Shiraka, said that that recently within the framework of tripartite cooperation of Russia, Germany and France there was such form of interaction, as regular meetings of "three" top-level. As he said, the format of "three" is caused appreciably by affinity and concurrence of sights on a wide spectrum of actual problems of the modern world, approaches to the problems of counteraction to new challenges and threats, first of all in combat against the international terrorism, drug threats and trans-national organized crime. “ Our countries are connected by the common adjust on creation of new system of the international relations based on principles of multiple at the central role of the United Nations and support on international law”, the official representative the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has told.
A. Jakovenko also has emphasized that powerful uniting stimulus for Russia, Germany and France is the significant share of the responsibility for destinies of the European continent, accordingly and the main vector of tripartite interaction in the relations of the Russia - EC, Russia - NATO. "Three" is not directed against any countries or the organizations, its principle is high transparency, readiness for cooperation with all”, representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.