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then today we're talking about the nato summit in lisbon the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen says this summit should be a breakthrough in the alliances starts with moscow on on time with sound effects their duction of the much discussed agreement can now be a matter of hours but have all the disagreements be settled me we're asking one of the most influential man in russia to be chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the federation council mikhail margelov. the nato secretary general says the lisbon summit will bring a new reformed organization he wants to reduce staff and change to to do concept of the alliance to turn it into a more effective body the reformed alliance will have to deal with challenges to global security like the threat of missile attack it's very likely the summit will approve the new and to missile defense shield a long time point of discord between nato and russia. welcome to the show thank you very much for coming in well first of all why is president medvedev has been seeking some particular girl or is it just a sign of goodwill inside moscow wel
then today we're talking about the nato summit in lisbon the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen says this summit should be a breakthrough in the alliances starts with moscow on on time with sound effects their duction of the much discussed agreement can now be a matter of hours but have all the disagreements be settled me we're asking one of the most influential man in russia to be chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the federation council mikhail margelov. the nato secretary...
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agenda nato is functioning basically as a fig leaf for u.s. foreign policy and u.s. military strategy north atlantic treaty organization afghanistan where one hundred fifty thousand so-called nato troops are really american troops with some auxilary forces or are there are there is a branding of that operation that u.s. military operation to make it look as if the world has come together dish against a shared objective against the war on terror against al qaeda but really i believe that nato is nothing but a fig leaf for u.s. military strategy in many of the other nato countries all over europe those populations they don't want to go along they don't want their governments that be accomplices for the u.s. war in afghanistan so the obama administration is twisting arms and lisbon is putting pressure on the different european governments now to abandon the american government as it continues its war in afghanistan well for more on the summit in this film when i joined live by dr agent pap's of policy bestie of kent. they so once russia's help in
agenda nato is functioning basically as a fig leaf for u.s. foreign policy and u.s. military strategy north atlantic treaty organization afghanistan where one hundred fifty thousand so-called nato troops are really american troops with some auxilary forces or are there are there is a branding of that operation that u.s. military operation to make it look as if the world has come together dish against a shared objective against the war on terror against al qaeda but really i believe that nato is...
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the two signed with nato mean that russians now trust nato. and the fact that you signed onto a copper asian agreement on missile defense with nato does that signify that you should the concerns of some western countries about the threat posed by iran missile and nuclear programs. i have mentioned the fact. that the council and the major summit don't is a historian if you give them to because very important decisions were made after their first and foremost in their interest of not itself of nato itself that's indorsement of this to start egypt concept of nato is a very important component of the development of the north atlantic alliance and i will not hide it from you you might mean we have quite attentively studied the. approach is taken for this strategic concept there are some elements which are puzzled us a little bit to be surprised us then. there are also optimistic components to us and. ultimately certainly this is an internal question to nato but we cannot be impartial and the final version of the concept i believe reflects the desir
the two signed with nato mean that russians now trust nato. and the fact that you signed onto a copper asian agreement on missile defense with nato does that signify that you should the concerns of some western countries about the threat posed by iran missile and nuclear programs. i have mentioned the fact. that the council and the major summit don't is a historian if you give them to because very important decisions were made after their first and foremost in their interest of not itself of...
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european union in nato. they have influence and they have their own opinions and russia has not a total indifference to their positions i think that's danger and should also take account of the russian stance it's an open secret that the arrangements we are trying to reach are related to other organizations including nato and the european union at the school do you think that the document. really have a bombshell effects or is it just routine politics. the russian president is not the only person who thinks about how to build relations inside the european union side of the greater europe so to speak from the point of view of restoring imbalance of interests or other leaders who are thinking about that everybody knows about. the eighty is nicolas sarkozy who is borat is so-called concept of security from his russian colleagues so the regards to the creation of the common european perimeter of security and various levels of security within a vast european space and that is why in this respect all president has
european union in nato. they have influence and they have their own opinions and russia has not a total indifference to their positions i think that's danger and should also take account of the russian stance it's an open secret that the arrangements we are trying to reach are related to other organizations including nato and the european union at the school do you think that the document. really have a bombshell effects or is it just routine politics. the russian president is not the only...
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being nato. let me explain what i mean by that the bush administration used to overstep nato and build relations with different partners directly that's the way they dealt with poland and the czech republic. would find out. after the fact it was destroying nato rasmussen in houston to see nato's integrity preserved talks with all countries and with the us in particular common. european missile defense system for all the allies you know also partners like russia but at this point is more. has to do more with nato so internally show of unity. so when we're trying to figure out so to see if there is a black cat in this dark room or maybe diskette is no longer black or maybe it's missing a tail or ahead no one can explain it so we're dealing with a political invitation basically a continuity but they're trying to involve russia into something unknown to us. head of the cell into the debates over the new strategic concept final stage the discussions among nato wise men how can this new concept change
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and the missile shield and american policy transferred to nato so nato is simply an extension of american foreign and military policy and the reason why it's in a crisis is not i beg to differ with yeah go ahead jump in go ahead. yeah i'm going to say that. you know no martin first go ahead go ahead i'm going to say nato it was formed in one thousand nine hundred ninety europe the west europeans wanted nato has it couldn't they did they perceived a threat exact wrong the soviet union and they needed the americans coming because militarily they couldn't defend themselves and they didn't have the money either so therefore they were welcomed in. the problem know is where is the threat from why should we still be spending our money on defense and sending troops here there and everywhere this is the problem for the europeans and the europeans now don't perceive any threat except east europeans and the baltic states i would say you have to talk to them they polish defense minister the other day made some sharp comments about russia so the language is still there the perception is what i mean wh
and the missile shield and american policy transferred to nato so nato is simply an extension of american foreign and military policy and the reason why it's in a crisis is not i beg to differ with yeah go ahead jump in go ahead. yeah i'm going to say that. you know no martin first go ahead go ahead i'm going to say nato it was formed in one thousand nine hundred ninety europe the west europeans wanted nato has it couldn't they did they perceived a threat exact wrong the soviet union and they...
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to build docking mechanisms with nato we have to be partners with nato that's why president india goes to lisbon but prior to that recently the nato parliamentary assembly has passed a resolution promising i quote to support georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity calling south a city and a party i quote again georgia's territories occupied by russia and calling on russia to withdraw its troops end quote georgian official avel of course already called it and now the heavy blow on moscow does that mean that the entitled russian nature of nato which you have been talking about since we were kids that still that well actually when we were kids were talking about and the soviet nature in russia but what is important to say here is that russia is not the second improved edition of the soviet union we tilt to the different country even the in our nation building we are facing as still to the different task russia has always been an empire under the tsars under the bolsheviks now we are building democratic sovereign nation state which is not an easy task but we are trying hard and tha
to build docking mechanisms with nato we have to be partners with nato that's why president india goes to lisbon but prior to that recently the nato parliamentary assembly has passed a resolution promising i quote to support georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity calling south a city and a party i quote again georgia's territories occupied by russia and calling on russia to withdraw its troops end quote georgian official avel of course already called it and now the heavy blow on moscow...
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nato's role in the changing world of strategy. in relations with russia. this comes at a time when critics say the sixty one year old military alliance is facing an identity crisis can nato find itself lauren lyster and i'll have more from. the dangers lurking beneath the dome. investigate tenchi deadly poison could lead. to glimmer of hope. she could soon have the option of a fine. instead of a stay in an overcrowded prison. twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. in moscow good to have you with us this at a summit defined as one of the most important it's ever held nato is meeting in portugal to decide what its future should be and whether it's even relevant engaging more closely with russia and deciding on a strategy to stabilize afghanistan and get out our key issues all this is part of an identity crisis for an organization created sixty years ago to oppose the now defunct soviet union. is in the portuguese capital and has been. we can expect the leaders to really try to defend what the reason is for nato to be in this
nato's role in the changing world of strategy. in relations with russia. this comes at a time when critics say the sixty one year old military alliance is facing an identity crisis can nato find itself lauren lyster and i'll have more from. the dangers lurking beneath the dome. investigate tenchi deadly poison could lead. to glimmer of hope. she could soon have the option of a fine. instead of a stay in an overcrowded prison. twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is...
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today here in lisbon portugal where the nato summit is taking place russia nato relations are expected to be on the agenda russian president dmitri medvedev is expected to be here in talks with nato as the alliance continues trying to improve russian relations we've seen u.s. president barack obama call for nato to reset relations with russia similar to the reason that the u.s. called for that was an editorial in the international herald tribune and he also called for this summit to be the place that nato establishes that it sees russia as a partner and not as an adversary now he on the agenda will be afghanistan this is an area where we've seen increased coordination between nato and russia and russia has really been looked to for help in fighting the drug trade and increasing routes were supplied getting in and out now also works here russia and nato talk about other joint global challenges including nuclear proliferation for example now also he nato is pushing russia to get on board and their missile defense plans now this is been a sticking point between nato and russia over the ye
today here in lisbon portugal where the nato summit is taking place russia nato relations are expected to be on the agenda russian president dmitri medvedev is expected to be here in talks with nato as the alliance continues trying to improve russian relations we've seen u.s. president barack obama call for nato to reset relations with russia similar to the reason that the u.s. called for that was an editorial in the international herald tribune and he also called for this summit to be the...
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, -- with nato, russians were not against nato in the early '90s. when the soviet union agreed for german reunification within the nato alliance, russians looked very well at the at and considered data to be -- looked very well at nato and considered a dead to be good and there was a top of russia eventually joining nato. yeltsin wins even made a very conspicuous statement saying russia will put the question of joining nato [unintelligible] and it produced such a reaction that corrected it in a few days, saying the typist made a mistake, that russia will not participate. but then, the attitude toward nato started to change. the crucial turning point was the bombing of serbia and. after that, at russia's started to see nato as an aggressive alliance that used its force arbitrarily out of united nations security council framework, out of for a mark of international law, at will. what is more importantly that it did not change the official attitude toward nato, but the grass roots, russian attitude toward nato. i lived at least half of my professional
, -- with nato, russians were not against nato in the early '90s. when the soviet union agreed for german reunification within the nato alliance, russians looked very well at the at and considered data to be -- looked very well at nato and considered a dead to be good and there was a top of russia eventually joining nato. yeltsin wins even made a very conspicuous statement saying russia will put the question of joining nato [unintelligible] and it produced such a reaction that corrected it in a...
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nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its bow. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea. cooperate with us. let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic missile defense plans under the bush white house provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans but russia wants more than just sweet words with a good body lease you have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. i mean god his should be that our participation equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by that we participate fully we exchange information take part in this is in making we do not participate at all the us reset of relations with russia has brought nato to moscow o
nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its bow. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea. cooperate with us. let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic missile defense plans under the bush white house provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold...
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there is no consensus among nato members regarding cooperation with the c.s.t. oh they obviously prefer bilateral contacts from a viewpoint on which their political goals unquote. the summit took place it was a success as we heard and russia participated in it is your position changed or has it remained the same. nothing actually happened regarding the interaction between nato and the c.s.t. zero firstly the summit adopted meters new strategic concept secondly the summit to place without russia's participation russia participated. exactly you participated in the russian agent summit which had its own agenda indeed many political analysts are saying that the summit was successful indeed a new strategic concept was adopted nato and russia agreed that russia should be more involved in supporting need to keep it is in afghanistan that they agreed to work together on a european missile defense system but there are other issues for instance that of urging russia to the knowledges decision to recognize. the summit did not discuss our initiative on the european security
there is no consensus among nato members regarding cooperation with the c.s.t. oh they obviously prefer bilateral contacts from a viewpoint on which their political goals unquote. the summit took place it was a success as we heard and russia participated in it is your position changed or has it remained the same. nothing actually happened regarding the interaction between nato and the c.s.t. zero firstly the summit adopted meters new strategic concept secondly the summit to place without...
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nato secretary general rasmussen said this was about reshaping nato, making it more efficient than it has been before. >> what else will be on the agenda over the next few days? >> the key thing tomorrow, saturday, will be afghastan. president karzai will be talking to nato leaders. as you mentioned, nato wants to begin at the beginning of 2011, just next year, to hand over control for security in afghanistan to afghan security forces. that is an ambitious goal. they want to complete the process in four years. it may prove difficult. the taliban might be difficult to flush out in some areas. there are concerns about the readiness of afghan forces. we are seeing a new phase in the war in afghanistan being announced here in lisbon this weekend. >> thank you so very much. simon young there from the nato summit. we will have more on where nato wants to focus its resources coming up later in this half hour. german investigators are working to find out why an american-made security testing device in the form of a fake suitcase bomb was almost put on the plane in namibia bound for germany. t
nato secretary general rasmussen said this was about reshaping nato, making it more efficient than it has been before. >> what else will be on the agenda over the next few days? >> the key thing tomorrow, saturday, will be afghastan. president karzai will be talking to nato leaders. as you mentioned, nato wants to begin at the beginning of 2011, just next year, to hand over control for security in afghanistan to afghan security forces. that is an ambitious goal. they want to...
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you know as the bad times are over russia nato relations and the grease to help. drug action in afghanistan. russian businessman rick to boot to charges of weapons smuggling and terrorism. moscow calls for a fair trial and washington for pressuring the legal process. across the continent communities of victims by european governments their. health care system into this. brutal mass murder in southern russia. his private arrested for the friends and relatives frame the officials for corruption and negligence. you're watching and this is our weekly news review welcome to the program president bush says the hostile period between russia and nato is over he told the bloc gathering in portugal this weekend that he's agreeing to boost collaboration on one of the most dividing issues missile defense the summit smooth was decidedly more cooperative but there are still issues which they are yet to see eye to eye on the list of reports. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the form
you know as the bad times are over russia nato relations and the grease to help. drug action in afghanistan. russian businessman rick to boot to charges of weapons smuggling and terrorism. moscow calls for a fair trial and washington for pressuring the legal process. across the continent communities of victims by european governments their. health care system into this. brutal mass murder in southern russia. his private arrested for the friends and relatives frame the officials for corruption...
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should exist at all now how viable is nato today. well another crisis is sort of consubstantial to nato has existed certainly since the fall of the burden of war but in fact there was much question about what nature was all about and how it would operate even even before the war so nato isn't in a sense in an identity crisis more often than not i still think it has a road to play it's not a bad idea to have a large group of countries representing more than half the military spending in the world in an organization in an alliance working together discussing talking corporation called an aging that's not a bad thing in itself how this allies should be used and against whom if at all is of course a matter that's open and going to be redefined in the new nato strategy terrorism is an obvious obvious target potentially at least nuclear proliferation i think a very real one nato has to change has to use change its instruments has to adapt but i don't think it's so useless organization today ok well nato has also been hit by the economic cr
should exist at all now how viable is nato today. well another crisis is sort of consubstantial to nato has existed certainly since the fall of the burden of war but in fact there was much question about what nature was all about and how it would operate even even before the war so nato isn't in a sense in an identity crisis more often than not i still think it has a road to play it's not a bad idea to have a large group of countries representing more than half the military spending in the...
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nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea cooperate with us let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic today marks a true fresh start in nato russia relations the willing ear it spells out our desire to pursue strategic partnerships that in its means we have overcome the difficulties of the past missile defense plans under the bush white house which provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war well now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans compute russia wants more than just screen words with a good body and we have agreed with our nato partners that's what we'll pursue dialogue of the european a.b.n. our main guide here should be that our disobey sion ought to be equal and i will stress this it's can only be as partners you know other form of par
nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea cooperate with us let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic today marks a true fresh start in nato russia relations the willing ear it spells out our desire to pursue strategic...
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that is about nato. in principle, there are political and psychological biases with respect to nato and nato expansion. economic and other interests in each particular neighboring country, the west might look at it in a much less hostile way rather than one russia says this is our area of national interest which is often seen as neo-imperial attempts to dominate. russia does not want nato to take over post-soviet space under whatever pretext and deprive russia of its legitimate interests toward russia as nec minorities and economic investment and everything russia has with respect to that space. there is concern that some conflict in the caucuses, which still remains quite likely, may bring russia and the wet sand and to direct confrontation -- and the west into direct confrontation. if nato comes right to the russian border from the west and from the south, that is why russia says that. in the new military doctrine, it is formulated in a very cautious way, just like the formulation on nuclear-weapons. i
that is about nato. in principle, there are political and psychological biases with respect to nato and nato expansion. economic and other interests in each particular neighboring country, the west might look at it in a much less hostile way rather than one russia says this is our area of national interest which is often seen as neo-imperial attempts to dominate. russia does not want nato to take over post-soviet space under whatever pretext and deprive russia of its legitimate interests toward...
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nato and the europe presenting europe and america will join the cia asked. to discuss terrorism international crime and drug trafficking the c.s.t. oh has been pessimistic about cooperation with nature so far but the successful joint anti-drug operation in afghanistan has proved teamwork is possible the c.e.o. also sees the astronaut summit as a perfect chance to blueprint real stamps creating a new pan european security system proposed by president dmitry medvedev. thank you for being with us today. about the upcoming summit. well it is a five major international organizations are participating. and you personally like to see as a result of this meeting your main objectives. well firstly the o.e.c.d. hasn't held a summit for eleven years. and now it's happening in a with because i stand as a siesta member state chairing it's. the very fact that top government officials are meeting to discuss security issues is a very important achievement. and for our objectives. we certainly want to discuss the issue of afghanistan but. i believe representatives of these b
nato and the europe presenting europe and america will join the cia asked. to discuss terrorism international crime and drug trafficking the c.s.t. oh has been pessimistic about cooperation with nature so far but the successful joint anti-drug operation in afghanistan has proved teamwork is possible the c.e.o. also sees the astronaut summit as a perfect chance to blueprint real stamps creating a new pan european security system proposed by president dmitry medvedev. thank you for being with us...
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what, how would you like to see nato reorganize? what are the key tenants you want everyone to remember as they go through the process? >> nato's been undergoing a transformation since the fall of the berlin wall. one of the things we have to do is make people understand that the operation in afghanistan is a nato operation, it's not a u.s. operation. it's not an anglo-american operation. as we're doing in the united kingdom, nato has to ensure that it's configured, that it has the full structures in order to, to meet the modern world. one of the things that the secretary of state has said, and indeed, i think already brought about at the last nato council meeting was an agreement to reduce the, the numbers of the nato, um, headquarters from 30 and a half thousand to 7 and a half thousand. that's the nature of the market we're now in. we have to get more capability, much leaner systems, much leaner command structures and that's what we're aiming for. >> everybody, however, has been banging on nato allies to do more, to become more e
what, how would you like to see nato reorganize? what are the key tenants you want everyone to remember as they go through the process? >> nato's been undergoing a transformation since the fall of the berlin wall. one of the things we have to do is make people understand that the operation in afghanistan is a nato operation, it's not a u.s. operation. it's not an anglo-american operation. as we're doing in the united kingdom, nato has to ensure that it's configured, that it has the full...
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for nato join for nato membership and who meet the criteria of nato membership so theoretically speaking any country in europe including liechtenstein on dora may join nato i do not know about that hala see either the take on can do that or not but what about canelo reuss well well you know i don't think so now well it depends on the downs on the development of democratic processes in belarus i think it depends on nato's leaders opinion about the development of the democratic process. on. i will be more attentive due to the opinion of the bill russian people ok so so so so you think that though that this new ukraine's position is tough and they're going to hold on hold on to it until until the new president well i think that no one in brussels going to insist that kiev has to join nato it's a sovereign decision of the sovereign state and those that ronald ukrainians there was a referendum so i think. there's no any threat from minister grecian go that he will be punished from brussels ok now and another question about nature rasmussen also while he was must have said that russia is that
for nato join for nato membership and who meet the criteria of nato membership so theoretically speaking any country in europe including liechtenstein on dora may join nato i do not know about that hala see either the take on can do that or not but what about canelo reuss well well you know i don't think so now well it depends on the downs on the development of democratic processes in belarus i think it depends on nato's leaders opinion about the development of the democratic process. on. i...
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russia over the two issues for the nato to look at a. new strategic concept so i would expect the concept to walk. part of the way to meet. russia. over russia and the west. to realize that. a number of countries they have different takes on the russia russia as well as russia was role so what we will see in the years will be the result of a compromise with the alliance the big concern of course for russia is drugs a narcotic in afghanistan and just last week we saw a successful joint operation to destroy drug labs in the country does this mean that nato is starting to share some of the views in moscow house. exactly as i will say just a few moments ago that's what's happening you have the russia that was talking as though you loudly to the us to needle people on the need to. gauge and counter-narcotics operations and we heard the first case of the successful us russian operation from the russian perspective this is a good down payment for a new relationship between the alliance and russia on afghanistan. and nato has been discussing pla
russia over the two issues for the nato to look at a. new strategic concept so i would expect the concept to walk. part of the way to meet. russia. over russia and the west. to realize that. a number of countries they have different takes on the russia russia as well as russia was role so what we will see in the years will be the result of a compromise with the alliance the big concern of course for russia is drugs a narcotic in afghanistan and just last week we saw a successful joint operation...
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nato needs the u.s. need programmatic cooperation with russia in order to achieve its vital interests it is in because of the obama administration policies and these vital interests are iran afghanistan and nonproliferation so without russia none of these are possible and this is why the bomb administration decided to improve relations with russia to reduce the importance of some contradictions like on georgia and so on and so forth and it is a little bit more over russia nowadays is the only foreign policy success of obama administration apart from the major powers because if we look at the relations between the america and china they are very problematic no days with europe there are also problems with other asian countries there are problems but with russia we have this profound improvement if there'd collapses then a bomb or administration would have been a success is talking it's clear what the positive sides in a warming relationship are for washington birds what's it. getting closer to nato bearin
nato needs the u.s. need programmatic cooperation with russia in order to achieve its vital interests it is in because of the obama administration policies and these vital interests are iran afghanistan and nonproliferation so without russia none of these are possible and this is why the bomb administration decided to improve relations with russia to reduce the importance of some contradictions like on georgia and so on and so forth and it is a little bit more over russia nowadays is the only...
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when nato took on afghanistan in 2005, it talked of the importance as a test of the new nato and by and large it failed the test. >> nato is drawing up plans for step-by-step handover of security controls to afghanistan's own forces. operations to be over by the end of 2014. but even nato officials say the date is not guaranteed. security at the venue is tight with peace protesters do to demonstrate. awaiting them are two days of talks about the future of this alliance, at a time of shrinking defense budgets and growing challenges. key to nato's own credibility, a face saving end to the war in afghanistan. bbc news, lisbon. as always, a lot has been agreed in advance. for years they have been discussing the new strategic concept. certainly there are going to be some disagreements. what will western leaders hope to get out of this? there is pressure on leaders like barack obama. joining me to the does the summit is the bureau chief in paris for "the new york times." you wrote an interesting article asking that interesting question, what is nato for. >> it has always been nato is the answ
when nato took on afghanistan in 2005, it talked of the importance as a test of the new nato and by and large it failed the test. >> nato is drawing up plans for step-by-step handover of security controls to afghanistan's own forces. operations to be over by the end of 2014. but even nato officials say the date is not guaranteed. security at the venue is tight with peace protesters do to demonstrate. awaiting them are two days of talks about the future of this alliance, at a time of...
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i'm saying once again that we cooperate with nato but we should proceed from the fact that nato is not a solution to european security and a totally different system should be created there we have our views which our president has set forth however the west has so far been cautious. you're right europe is cautious about it and presently deeds it's sad that the forum that to us was very silis about it how would you explain to the west what our primary goals are in relation to the common to european security treaty. in politics just as in general life inertia plays a crucial role in what nato is a successful inertia that has been developing for sixty years all countries that had stepped beyond the control of the soviet union were striving to get into nato and they were ascended to nato for some reason nato is now seen as a universal umbrella that is supposed to defend them from the question is then from whom from russia does it mean that russia is nato adversary therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be
i'm saying once again that we cooperate with nato but we should proceed from the fact that nato is not a solution to european security and a totally different system should be created there we have our views which our president has set forth however the west has so far been cautious. you're right europe is cautious about it and presently deeds it's sad that the forum that to us was very silis about it how would you explain to the west what our primary goals are in relation to the common to...
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not in a position right now to be strongly defended is a new partner within nato by some of the nato partners and that's a general political flaw of the situation and this to overcome would take years i think all right well moving on to another point the alliance is new a doctrine won't single out any one country as a potential military adversity so what exactly is the point of its existence who is nato in that. yeah the final document may not name iran but it was in the document before it was finalized or is being finalized in lisbon and that means we do have to deal with the very serious threat of a war against iran coming on within the next two years so in fact nato is looking for a more coherent strategy more balance between you know in the area and out of actions and many countries many partners of nato and members of nato are discussing should we be as outgoing so to say as we were and there is a lot of. hard to say resistance doing more i don't think any possible iran war for example would be warmly welcomed by any way anyone but the u.s. and that is a situation of course with
not in a position right now to be strongly defended is a new partner within nato by some of the nato partners and that's a general political flaw of the situation and this to overcome would take years i think all right well moving on to another point the alliance is new a doctrine won't single out any one country as a potential military adversity so what exactly is the point of its existence who is nato in that. yeah the final document may not name iran but it was in the document before it was...
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you have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. i mean god his should be that our participation will be equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners around no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by the we participate fully we exchange information take part in this is in making we do not participate at all should the u.s. reset of relations with russia has brought nato to woo moscow once the great enemy but now courted as a key potential ally together we've worked hard to reset the relations between the united states and russia which has led to concrete benefits for both our nations now we're also resetting the nato russia relationship we see russia as a partner not an adversary russia and nato have reiterated common challenges to be fought from the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorism russia has pledged more help to nato in afghanistan with transport access and more resources to fight narcotics there and for the first time in pakistan despite all the warm words there a
you have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. i mean god his should be that our participation will be equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners around no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by the we participate fully we exchange information take part in this is in making we do not participate at all should the u.s. reset of relations with russia has brought nato to woo moscow once the great enemy but...
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and they were ascended to nato for some reason nato is now seen as universal and that is supposed to defend them from the question is then from whom from russia does it mean that russia is nato adversary or therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be this wiping in europe of the places that we are being persuaded that russia is a good country or a good country let's come to an agreement our president doesn't proposing a bad thing it's practically a successful model of the shanghai cooperation organization let's consult we have our problems and complaints and you have yours let's sit down and start discussing them then perhaps we won't need these gigantic constructions that had lingered from the cold war times. does that mean that we shouldn't be expecting anything principally new in nature concept set for november. that's right we shouldn't i believe it's a very poor concept and i think many americans aren't happy with it either i read the report and i was very disappointed it's composed for ten years
and they were ascended to nato for some reason nato is now seen as universal and that is supposed to defend them from the question is then from whom from russia does it mean that russia is nato adversary or therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be this wiping in europe of the places that we are being persuaded that russia is a good country or a good country let's come to an agreement our president doesn't...