Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US !

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Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US

Mr Putin said the US overstepped its borders in every way
Russian President Vladimir Putin has attacked the United States for what he said was its "almost uncontained" use of force around the world.
America's "very dangerous" approach to global relations was fuelling a nuclear arms race, he told a security summit.

Correspondents say the strident speech may signal a more assertive Russia.

Earlier German chancellor Angela Merkel told the delegates in Munich that the international community was determined to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons.

Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is among delegates at the conference.

The conference, founded in 1962, has become an annual opportunity for world leaders to discuss the most pressing issues of the day.

What we are talking about here is a very, very sensitive technology, and for that reason we need a high degree of transparency...

Angela Merkel


Q&A: Sanctions on Iran
Mr Putin told senior security officials from around the world that nations were "witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force in international relations".

"One state, the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way," the Russian president said.

"This is very dangerous. Nobody feels secure anymore because nobody can hide behind international law," he said, speaking through a translator.

"This is nourishing an arms race with the desire of countries to get nuclear weapons."

'Power, not weapons'

BBC defence and security correspondent Rob Watson, in Munich, said Mr Putin's speech was a strident performance.


Iran says it wants nuclear power, not nuclear weapons
It may well be remembered as a turning point in international relations and a sign of a more assertive Russia, our correspondent says.

Western leaders in the audience, including Mrs Merkel, looked decidedly glum-faced when President Putin had finished, our correspondent adds.

Earlier, Mrs Merkel told delegates there was "no way around" the need for Tehran to accept demands from the UN and nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"What we are talking about here is a very, very sensitive technology, and for that reason we need a high degree of transparency, which Iran has failed to provide, and if Iran does not do so then the alternative for Iran is to slip further into isolation," she said.

Mr Larijani was set to tell delegates that Iran wants nuclear power, not nuclear weapons.

"We believe the Iranian nuclear dossier is resolvable by negotiation," Mr Larijani was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying on the sidelines of the conference.

European diplomats are hoping to hold informal talks with Mr Larijani at the two-day summit.

It would be their first meeting since the collapse of talks last year and the imposition of limited UN sanctions on Tehran for its failure to stop the enrichment of uranium.

Projects halted

On Friday, the IAEA said it had frozen about half of technical aid projects involving Iran.

It said the move was to comply with UN sanctions imposed on Tehran late last year over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.

An IAEA report said 22 technical aid projects involving Iran had been suspended to comply with the UN sanctions, which call for an end to programmes that could be exploited by Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

The IAEA gives technical aid to dozens of countries on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in fields such as medicine, agriculture and power generation.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6349287.stm

 

[genmirajborgza786]

Putin blasts U.S. for its use of force By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer
25 minutes ago

MUNICH, Germany - Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted the United States Saturday for the "almost uncontained" use of force in the world, and for encouraging other countries to acquire nuclear weapons.

In what his spokesman acknowledged were his harshest attacks on the U.S. since taking office in 2000, Putin also criticized U.S. plans for missile defense systems and NATO's expansion.

Putin told a security forum attracting top officials that "we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force in international relations" and that "one state, the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way.

"This is very dangerous, nobody feels secure anymore because nobody can hide behind international law," Putin told the gathering.

Putin did not elaborate on specifics and did not mention the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.

But he voiced concern about U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in eastern Europe — likely in Poland and the Czech Republic — and the expansion of NATO as possible challenges to Russia.

On the missile defense system, Putin said: "I don't want to accuse anyone of being aggressive" but suggested it would seriously change the balance of power and could provoke an unspecified response.

"That balance will be upset completely and one side will have a feeling of complete security and given a free hand in local, and probably in global, conflicts..." he said. "We need to respond to this."

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), D-Conn., said the charge that the U.S. "aspired to get unipolar power or acted unilaterally is just not borne out by the facts."

"Even our involvement in Iraq, certainly Afghanistan, is pursuant to United Nations resolutions," Lieberman said at the conference. "So that was provocative and wrong."

Asked if he had any reaction to Putin's charges, Defense Secretary Robert Gates just shook his head and said no.

Putin's spokesman Dimitry Peskov said the Russian leader did not intend to be confrontational, but acknowledged it was his harshest criticism of the United States since he was elected in March 2000.

Putin also criticized NATO expansion.

"The process of NATO expansion has nothing to do with modernization of the alliance or with ensuring security in Europe," Putin said. "On the contrary, it is a serious factor provoking reduction of mutual trust."

Putin's comments to a weekend forum attended by 250 officials, including Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, came after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the international community is determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Merkel said Tehran needed to accept demands made by the U.N. and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

"There is no way around this," Merkel said. "What we are talking about here is a very, very sensitive technology, and for that reason we need a high degree of transparency, which Iran has failed to provide, and if Iran does not do so then the alternative for Iran is to slip further into isolation."

Merkel, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, emphasized the international community's support for Israel and said there was a unified resolve to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

"We are determined to prevent the threat posed by an Iranian military nuclear program," she said.

The annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, now in its 43rd year, is often used as an opportunity for officials to conduct diplomacy in an informal setting.

Some 3,500 police were on hand to provide tight security for the conference and kept the usual throng of demonstrators away. This year, several thousand protesters were expected, protest organizers said.

Heading in to the conference, Larijani, who is scheduled to speak on Sunday, said he planned to use the conference as an opportunity to talk about Iran's nuclear program. Those would be the first talks with Western officials since limited U.N. sanctions were imposed on the country in December, which fell short of harsher measures sought by the United States.

Larijani was expected to meet with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Javier Solana, the EU's chief foreign policy envoy.

At the opening dinner on Friday, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni urged international solidarity in putting pressure on Iran to prevent it from producing a nuclear weapon.

"It is a regime that mocks the Holocaust while threatening the world with a new one, while trying to develop a weapon to do so," she said. "Iran is a threat not only to Israel ... but to the world. The international community cannot show any hesitation ... Any hesitation on our part is being perceived as weakness."

The conference this year focuses on "Global Crises — Global Responsibilities," looking at NATO's changing role, the Middle East peace process, the West's relations with Russia and the fight against terrorism.

Merkel opened the conference telling the delegates that one of the major threats facing the world today is global warming, urging a combined effort to combat it.

"Global warming is one of the major medium- to long-term threats that could have a dramatic effect," Merkel said.

Gates, who planned to talk Sunday on trans-Atlantic relations, was expected to press allies for more troops and aid for a spring offensive in Afghanistan.

He delivered the message Friday to a NATO defense minister's meeting in Seville, Spain, but got a lukewarm response.

France and Germany are questioning the wisdom of sending more soldiers, while Spain, Italy and Turkey have also been wary of providing more troops.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_re_eu/security_conference

 

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Interesting, but lets see if theres any action! The action more or less finished when russia took thier nukes out of cuba...

 

[Neo]

February 11, 2007

US security making world insecure: Putin

MUNICH, Feb 10: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday slammed the US and Europe for threatening global security by imposing unilateral policies on other countries and using military force to tackle complicated problems.

In a speech reminiscent of Moscow’s anti-western rhetoric during the Cold War, President Putin told an international security conference in Munich that a US-led "unipolar world" was unacceptable and had led to more wars and conflict across the globe.

"Today we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper-use of military force in international relations," Mr Putin said in an unusually sharp criticism of the US.

Mr Putin also lashed out at the countries seeking to give lessons in democracy to Moscow and said western economic dominance was being increasingly challenged by the emerging power of China, India, Brazil and Russia.

The annual security conference is the top global forum on defence issues. This year‘s event is being attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates and Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as well as Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri.

Mr Putin set a tough, uncompromising tone in the first few minutes of his speech by warning the new unipolar world led by the US was far less secure than the old balance of power between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War."This is very dangerous ... nobody feels secure any more," he said.

He also cautioned that the sense of insecurity was fuelling a drive in many countries to produce weapons of mass destruction.

The Russian president sharply criticized the planned deployment of 10 anti-ballistic missile systems by the US — to be stationed in Poland and the Czech Republic - and vowed that Moscow would develop cheaper, asymmetrical systems to overcome any American anti-ballistic missile system.

Mr Putin was scathing about Nato enlargement into former parts of the

Soviet bloc and also staked out Russia‘s opposing views to the US and Europe on global flashpoints, including Kosovo and Iran.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/11/top9.htm

 

[Neo]

Couldn't agree more with Putin here. :thumbsup:

Why does the rest of the world has to suffer for US' sercurity concerns?
What about our securities from 'get bombed to stoneage' or 'either you're with us or against us'-kind of threats?

 

[Neo]

The Russian president sharply criticized the planned deployment of 10 anti-ballistic missile systems by the US — to be stationed in Poland and the Czech Republic - and vowed that Moscow would develop cheaper, asymmetrical systems to overcome any American anti-ballistic missile system.

Revival of the Cold War? :read:

 

[Janbaz]

Revival of the Cold War? :read:

It's Russia that now will avenge Afghan War in Iraq.:army:

 

[PakSniper]

Couldn't agree more with Putin here. :thumbsup:

Why does the rest of the world has to suffer for US' sercurity concerns?
What about our securities from 'get bombed to stoneage' or 'either you're with us or against us'-kind of threats?

I have to agree with you NEO.

Putin hit a cord in US, which US wasn't expecting, it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Also,. he's in KSA to make some deals and according to dawn it will be energy and MILITARY as well.

 

[genmirajborgza786]

Couldn't agree more with Putin here. :thumbsup:

Why does the rest of the world has to suffer for US' sercurity concerns?
What about our securities from 'get bombed to stoneage' or 'either you're with us or against us'-kind of threats?

totally agreed plus Putin's K.S.A trip will be an important one following the high profile Chinese one this definitely doesn't sounds business as usual either

 

[Neo]

It just occured to me that if there's a country that can build bridge between Russia and Pakistan, it will have to be KSA.

Israel played a great deal to get India and US closer, we should play the KSA card to do the same with Russia.

Naughty naughty naughty...

 

[Neo]

Mon, Feb. 12, 2007

Gates to Putin: 'One Cold War is enough'
By Lolita C. Baldor

MUNICH, Germany - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates yesterday responded to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's assault on U.S. foreign policy by saying "one Cold War is enough" and that he would go to Moscow to try to reduce tensions. Gates also sought more allied help in Afghanistan.

He delivered his first speech as Pentagon chief at a security conference in Germany and then flew to Pakistan to discuss fears of a renewed spring offensive by Taliban fighters in neighboring Afghanistan.

Gates' response to the Russian president relied on humor and some pointed jabs.

"As an old Cold Warrior, one of yesterday's speeches almost filled me with nostalgia for a less complex time. Almost," Gates said. Then, as the audience chuckled, the defense secretary said he had accepted Putin's invitation to visit Russia.

"We all face many common problems and challenges that must be addressed in partnership with other countries, including Russia," said Gates. "One Cold War was quite enough."

In his speech Saturday, Putin blamed U.S. foreign policy for inciting other countries to seek nuclear weapons to defend themselves from an "almost uncontained use of military force."

The Russian leader said "unilateral, illegitimate actions have not solved a single problem, they have become a hotbed of further conflicts" and that "one state, the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way."

Gates also made an urgent call for NATO allies to live up to their promises to supply military and economic aid for Afghanistan.

"It is vitally important that the success Afghanistan has achieved not be allowed to slip away through neglect or lack of political will or resolve," Gates said. Failure to muster a strong military effort combined with economic development and a counternarcotics plan "would be a mark of shame," he said.

Gates also said that prisoner abuse scandals in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other mistakes had damaged America's reputation. It will take work, he said, to prove that the U.S. still is a force for good in the world.

While he did not mention the war in Iraq, Gates told officials at the security conference that Washington must do a better job of explaining its policies and actions.

For the past century, he said, most people believed that "while we might from time to time do something stupid, that we were a force for good in the world."

Many continue to believe that, Gates said. But, he added, "I think we also have made some mistakes and have not presented our case as well as we might in many instances. I think we have to work on that."

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/16678375.htm

 

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It just occured to me that if there's a country that can build bridge between Russia and Pakistan, it will have to be KSA.

Israel played a great deal to get India and US closer, we should play the KSA card to do the same with Russia.

Naughty naughty naughty...

yes and this should be done without delay remember even K.S.A funded the afghan war against the soviet occupation so when Russia and K.S.A can mend ways why not Russia and pak and the Saudis might be able to do something about it:army: