The European Union plans close cooperation with Middle Eastern nations such as Iraq and Egypt.

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On a line for sometime... and then it was close to the Soviet Union That's really suspicious to Washington.

有一段时间是同一战线的。,当时和苏联关系紧密,使得美国心生疑虑。

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The European Union is really organisation dedicated to bringing Europe close together,

欧盟确实是一个组织，旨在让欧洲紧密团结在一起，

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A lot of that had to to with the Cold War India used to be close to the Soviet Union.

这和冷战有很大的关系,印度曾经和苏联关系密切。

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