EU has made a decision to start negotiations with Russia on Strategic Partnership Treaty.
      
      The decision was taken at a Brussels meeting of 27 EU foreign ministers on Tuesday. Earlier Vladimir Chizhkov, the permanent Russia’s representative at EU, has claimed that European Council can give the mandate on the start of the negotiation in May.
      
      The start of negotiations was restrained by Lithuania. Last Sunday at a Vilnius meeting of foreign ministers of Lithuania, Sweden, Poland and Slovenia, Vilnius approved the EU-Russian Partnership treaty.
      
      
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