Energy disputes sour Russia, European Union summit

Disputes over energy investment and human rights hung over a Russia-European Union summit Friday where the two sides agreed they would try to address their differences in new talks on a stalled cooperation agreement.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the EU representatives said they would start talks next week in Brussels on a wide-ranging Russia-EU cooperation deal.

“The future agreement will be an instrument to draw Russia and the European Union closer,” Medvedev said after the talks in the Siberian oil boomtown of Khanty-Mansiisk.

AP