Peter Korzun
European
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to attend an event
in Russia in June, a Commission spokeswoman announced on May 30, in a
move that may stir debate on the EU's fraught relations with Moscow. «President
Juncker has been invited and plans to participate in the St. Petersburg
International Economic Forum on 16 June», the spokeswoman stated. «He
will use this opportunity to convey to the Russian leadership as well
as to a wider audience the EU's perspective regarding the current state
of EU-Russia relations», she added.
The
annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be held on June
16-18. This year’s topic is «Capitalizing on the New Global Economic
Reality». The annual event brings together politicians, business leaders
and think tankers. This time Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter
Szijjarto, Greece’s Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, former French
Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine and Europe’s former Trade Commissioner
Peter Mandelson are on the guest list. Major US investors will take part in the forum.
«Business
will do what it sees as necessary. What is not forbidden is allowed.
According to our information, the leading investors will attend the
Russian forum. American companies will be among them. The policy of
ignoring the forum has failed. Interested companies, in any case, will
attend and no one will hinder them», said Russian Embassy in Washington spokesman Grigory Zasypkin.
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