dr. merkel, when you mentioned the countries at the end of your presentation, you didn't say anything about russia. russia is a very important partner of europe. could you say a few words about our relations with russia and what you would like to see as the relationship between europe and the russian federation in the future? >> well, europe as we see it i think also i would like to remind you is after all surrounded by countries who wish to be closer to europe. what with the, for example, european partnership. poland, the ukraine are very good examples of that. but also others. secondly, we have a situation with turkey that we have not yet resolved. and that is quite a delicate one, and we also have a relationship with russia that is being intensified. we will also have debates about the -- certainly about the process of democratization. but russia after all is a very important supplier of energy. it's an important possible market for european products. it's also a very important partner for many foreign policy issues. so i think i consider them to be a very important partner, which is why

dr. merkel, when you mentioned the countries that can be a presentation come you didn't say anything about russia. russia is a very important partner. could you say about russia and the relationship between europe and the russian federation in the future? >> guest: europe, as we see it i think also i would like to remind you is after all surrounded also by countries who wish to be closer to europe, what with the example of european partnerships. the pool and ukraine are very good examples. secondly, we have a situation with turkey that we have not yet resolved and that is quite a delicate one. and we also have a relationship with russia that has been intensified with also have debate about, certainly about the process of democratization, the russia after it was a very important entity. it's an important possible market for european products. it's also very important partner for many foreign partner issues. i think i would consider them to be a very important partner, which is why so astride to substance our relationship. but that's also important and never without at the same time it knowl