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Remarks by Dr. Heinz Fischer, Former President of Austria, at the Plenary Session of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club
When we now speak not about the past but about the future, both sides should demonstrate that they are aware of the importance of their relationship. The European Union, in particular, should not lose sight of how the relations between Russia and the West have developed in the past, in the last century, for instance. And that the evolution of NATO is seen differently by Moscow, from the perspective of Moscow than it is by Washington or Brussels.