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"I prefer spotlighting our future relations rather than trying to determine why the treaty has been signed only today", says Russian Foreign Minister (Photo: Luxembourg EU Presidency)

Estonia and Russia sign border deal

Estonia and Russia signed on Wednesday (18 May) a treaty fixing the border between the two countries, and therefore a part of the EU's eastern border as well.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet signed the treaty in Moscow.

The draft of the document had been ready since 1996, but Russia long delayed the signature.

Mr Lavrov, however, did not give reasons for the delay.

"I prefer spotlighting our future relations rather than tr...

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"I prefer spotlighting our future relations rather than trying to determine why the treaty has been signed only today", says Russian Foreign Minister (Photo: Luxembourg EU Presidency)

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