Lords to hear further evidence on EU-Russia

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• Inquiry: The EU and Russia
• EU External Affairs Sub-Committee

The Committee will this week take a close look at Russian and Georgian perspectives of current relations between the EU and Russia, the formation of the Eurasian Union and the consequences of that for the European Union, and the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy.

Witnesses

The evidence sessions will take place on Thursday 30 October in Committee Room 1, House of Lords:

• At 10.05am: Mr Fyodor Lukyanov (Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs)
• At 11.05am: Ambassador Revaz Gachechiladze (Georgian Ambassador to the UK)

Possible questions

• What are the prospects for the further widening and deepening of the Eurasian Economic Union and what consequences will this have for the European Union?
• What has been Russia's response to the Association Agreement between the EU and Georgia?
• How effective is the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy and how should the policy be adapted in the future?
• What first steps can the countries of the Eastern neighbourhood take to encourage Russia to take part in a constructive relationship in the region?
• On what basis could a constructive relationship be built between the EU and Russia?

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