Obama is working to create a new world with Russia in which the the US follows diplomacy first and uses the military solution as the last resort. The era of pre-emptive wars or blitzkriegs is over. In less than a week President Medvedev will meet with Obama in New York.
Perhaps both men will one day share the Noble Peace Prize.
17 September, 2009, 22:40
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has given a broadly positive reaction to the new anti-missile defense plans announced by Washington.
He said they created the right conditions for the two countries to work together to counter defensive threats.
“Russia has noted the announcement President Barack Obama made today about adjustments in the US position on missile defense,” Medvedev said. “I discussed this subject with the US president during our meetings in both London and Moscow. We agreed and wrote in our joint statement that Russia and the US will do their best to asses risks related to missile proliferation in the world.”
Thursday’s announcement by Washington, the Russian leader said, demonstrates “that we now have favorable conditions for this work.”
He added that detailed consultations between experts from both states will be needed.
“And, of course, our country is ready for them,” he assured.
The president added that on September 23, during a meeting with Obama in New York, “we’ll have a good opportunity to exchange our views on all matters of strategic stability, including missile defense.”
He said he hopes that “we'll be able to give instructions to the appropriate departments after [the meeting] on stepping up bilateral interaction that will embrace European and other interested states at later stages."
“We will work together to develop effective measures regarding the risks of missile proliferation, measures which will take into account the interests and concerns of all parties and provide equal security for all countries in Europe,” Medvedev said.
He added that Russia appreciates Obama’s “approach to implementing our agreements and readiness to continue the dialogue.”
Meanwhile, Russia's envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said he hopes a meeting between Presidents Medvedev and Obama next week will shed more light on the new American missile shield plan.
Thursday’s announcement by Washington, the Russian leader said, demonstrates “that we now have favorable conditions for this work.”
He added that detailed consultations between experts from both states will be needed.
“And, of course, our country is ready for them,” he assured.
The president added that on September 23, during a meeting with Obama in New York, “we’ll have a good opportunity to exchange our views on all matters of strategic stability, including missile defense.”
He said he hopes that “we'll be able to give instructions to the appropriate departments after [the meeting] on stepping up bilateral interaction that will embrace European and other interested states at later stages."
“We will work together to develop effective measures regarding the risks of missile proliferation, measures which will take into account the interests and concerns of all parties and provide equal security for all countries in Europe,” Medvedev said.
He added that Russia appreciates Obama’s “approach to implementing our agreements and readiness to continue the dialogue.”
Meanwhile, Russia's envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said he hopes a meeting between Presidents Medvedev and Obama next week will shed more light on the new American missile shield plan.
He said that only after carefully investigating new threats against Russia and the US can Moscow “elaborate the military response.”
“We do understand that in this world we have a lot of threats,” Rogozin said. “Maybe some country wants to use missile technologies against its enemies.”
But in any case, he said, a first step should be not a military response, but an analysis and investigation of possible threats.
“We are waiting for new Obama’s concrete proposal on how Washington and Moscow can start this mutual understanding,” Rogozin said.
source: http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-09-17/russia-positive-us-plans.html#
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