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Medvedev, RF-France coop'n council on security to discuss agenda.

MOSCOW, September 7 (Itar-Tass) - The upcoming meeting between Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev and participants in the 10th session of the
Russia-France Cooperation Council on Security (RFCCS) is to deal with a
survey of the most significant aspects of the bilateral agenda, the
functioning of mechanisms and principles for the ensurance of strategic
security, as well as prospects for a further deepening of Russo-French
interaction within the framework of Russia-European Union and Russia -
NATO relations, the Kremlin press service announced.
"Meetings between the Presidents of Russia and France and Foreign and
Defence ministers of the two countries -- participants in annual sessions
of RFCCS -- are regular and are indicative of priority attention being
devoted by the Heads of State to exchanges of views within the scope of
this dialogue format on strategic aspects of bilateral cooperation and
international agenda," the Kremlin press service pointed out.
"Beginning from November 2002 -- the time when the first session of he
RFCCS was held in Paris -- ministerial meetings have been held alternately
in the capitals of the two countries and have become a unique forum for
maintaining and strengthening our partnership interaction on topical
matters relating to the ensurance of stability and security in Europe and
the world," the press service announcement emphasized.

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