Russia and France believe it is too early to calm down over the positive tendencies in the world economy as a number of key problems that led to the global crisis have not been resolved, the Russian president said.
"We spoke of how to coordinate our positions in Canada [at the G8 and G20 summits in late June]. We proceed from the following: we cannot yet calm down, we need to move," Dmitry Medvedev told journalists Saturday after talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy.
"We cannot relax thinking that we have overcome the crisis and everything ahead us is quiet and clear," he said, adding that some negative events could still happen although Europe has partly recovered from the crisis.
"This moves us toward holding dialogue with Europe... and coordinating positions. We are convinced that Russia and France will have an active position at G20," Medvedev said.
"We will keep defending the idea of reforming international financial institutions. We have done something but far from all," he said.
Sarkozy said: "We probably do not have 100% similar positions regarding taxation or banks, but we have a common strategy... We need to learn the lesson of the crisis."
Medvedev said at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on Saturday that Russia is concerned over the currency fluctuation rate of the euro and hopes that the European currency will stabilize soon.
He said Russia's concern over the euro is tied to the fact that many Russians have their savings in euros and that Russia uses the euro as a reserve currency fund.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 20 (RIA Novosti)
