Originally published by the Voice of America (www.voanews.com). Voice of America is funded by the US Federal Government and content it exclusively produces is in the public domain. November 14, 2008 EU, Russia Discuss European Missile Defense ------------------------------------------- http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1F5E746:A6F02AD83191E16099B5D540BD402B1B21A4E82C900CD027& French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he urged Russian counterpart not to carry out threat to deploy tactical missiles in Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev during EU-Russia summit, in Nice, France, 14 Nov 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he has urged his Russian counterpart not to carry out a threat to deploy tactical missiles in Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. Mr. Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev spoke Friday after a Russia-European Union summit in the French city of Nice. France currently holds the rotating EU presidency. Mr. Medvedev last week said Russia will put missiles in the Kaliningrad region if the United States implements plans to place a missile defense system in central Europe. He later said he will cancel the deployment if the U.S. scraps missile plans for Poland and the Czech Republic. U.S. officials say their planned system will defend against an Iranian threat. On other issues, the French and Russian presidents reported reaching consensus on the global financial crisis. Both men will join other world leaders in! Washington Friday evening for the G20 summit. The French president also said he wants to lay the foundation for a new European security accord at an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe meeting in mid-2009.The brief August war between Russia and Georgia was also expected to be on the agenda of Friday's talks. EU officials sharply criticized Moscow for sending troops into Georgia and broke off talks with Russia on a possible strategic partnership agreement. EU leaders agreed this week to resume the partnership talks. The union has called Russia's violation of Georgia's territorial integrity unacceptable. The 27-nation bloc also says it does not accept Russia's recognition of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. But European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the August invasion of Georgia emphasizes what he calls the crucial need for permanent political dialogue between the EU and Russia. Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters. .