The next round of Russia-EU talks are expected to be held in early February 2011, Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
A Russia-EU summit with the participation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was held in Brussels earlier this month.
"We reached an agreement to hold the next? 13th, round of talks in the beginning of February 2011," the ministry said in the statement.
The sides progressed in issues of political dialogue, foreign security, in cooperation in spheres of freedom, justice, economic, science, technical, cultural, media and sport spheres of cooperation and in other issues, the ministry said.
Russia has been negotiating World Trade Organization (WTO) entry for 17 years and is likely to join the global trade body next year.
Apart from accession to the WTO, steps to scrap visa regime between Russia and the EU, energy security and measures to tackle the aftermath of the global economic downturn were discussed at the summit.
MOSCOW, December 18 (RIA Novosti)
