Russia is not a strategic partner of the EU, but rather it is a strategic issue.

This was stated by former Prime Minister of Poland, was elected President of the European Council Donald Tusk in интервьюFinancial Times, according to the Censor.NET with reference to the Ukrainian truth.

"For Putin and Russia, the EU is the problem. We must understand, and I think we are close to this point that Russia is our strategic partner. Russia is our strategic problem," he said.

Tusk also commented on the scandal interview with former foreign Minister of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski edition of the Political Magazine, and denied that Putin offered him to divide Ukraine.

"What I said to Radek (Sikorsky. - Ed. after this event - in politics, in diplomacy, as in ordinary life, much much better to know and to speak a little. And never Vice versa," he said.

At the same time, he noted that Sikorsky was right about the nature of the relations in the triangle EU-Ukraine-Russia.
"If it comes to the nature of the relations between Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Europe - of course, Sikorski was right. After the Bucharest NATO summit, during which Putin questioned the Ukrainian statehood. - Ed. I never doubted that geopolitical competition between Russia and Europe, between Russia and Poland was concerned Ukraine," said Tusk.
Source:http://censor.net.ua/