Until the illegal annexation of Crimea, the European Union had labelled Russia its "strategic partner". But in the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, which is expected to be unveiled at the end of June, the bloc will label Russia its "strategic challenge:, a diplomat said on May 30.
Euractiv: EU to label Russia a ‘strategic challenge’
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini (R) talks with Sweden Foreign minister Margot Wallstrom (C) and Finnish Foreign minister Timo Soini (2ndR) during a NATO Foreign ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 20.
