Better relations with Russia a distant prospect, EU chief diplomat says

There is not much hope for better relations between the European Union and Russia any time soon, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday, roughly a week before leaders of the 27 nation bloc are to discuss its future Russia policy.

“Under present circumstances, a renewed partnership between the EU and Russia, allowing for closer cooperation, seems a distant prospect,” Borrell said in a statement, commenting on a new report prepared by the European Commission on the bloc’s fraught relations with Russia. 

Photo: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Policy Josep Borrell . EPA-EFE/JOHN THYS / POOL