Published: 15 January 2017
The speech of the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Pedro Agramunt during the panel discussion «Russia - Spain. The fortieth anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries (1977-2017 years)» during the Gaidar forum in 2017 is considered in the article. The speech is dedicated to the importance and necessity of inter-country cooperation in the context of global challenges. It is argued that it is impossible to counter terrorism, migration issues in a fragmented society; only by using the synergy of efforts of all the countries of Europe it is possible to show the world an example of the civilized competition. In this regard, special attention is paid to returning relations with Russia into a normal state and finding a way out of the threat of development of a new cold war.
