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again they're welcome to spotlight the show on our t.v. . today my guest in the studio is the need to keep. the upcoming summit the nato leaders will discuss and most probably accept a new security concept this document will guide the blocks policy for the next decade the concept terrorism nuclear proliferation and cyber crime the main threats to security. scots and did manage to somehow influence those who masterminded the strategic paper or maybe something moscow would like to improve were asking russia special envoy to nato.

just a month before the lisbon summit many experts agree the proposed security concept be welcomed by all analytical think tank criticizes the concept or the lack of a unified perception of threats to the alliance where some countries see their own goals and fail to find a common threat the need to secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen says he is sure the block real soft proposed missile defense shield. also sounds. like russia to become a part of the system. hello mr i was. playing you for joining our program first of all how would you assess the recent. porton for russia to work at various levels both in large scale form. the european

union the united nations in the always see anyone a larger formats in other forms and says well russia has existed and developed in europe for thousands of years so we have a long history of relations with the leading european nations so i mean that's why whenever i'm asked to wonder this summit has brought something new. that would be holding joint summits with france and germany for at least three hundred years it's a very important former because both france and germany are in the. 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 a 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 veiled really have a bombshell affects or as a 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 well from the point of view of restoring a balance of interests there are other leaders who are thinking about that everybody knows about to emerge calls approach in the. sarkozy was borat a so-called concept of security from 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 an opportunity to talk to people whose presence and. hugo she is not just nominal and who are ready to listen and come up with their own ideas. there had been

a lot of talk prior to the. creation of the. moscow axis the idea was first launched in two thousand and three. and later as it's true that the idea is once again on the agenda. and i think that it's for our fellow journalists i myself am a journalist. so it's important for our fellow journalists not just to write a simple story but. it's not just an obstacle that falls on the pedestrians here but a nightmare. or also building well not he styria but i can see panic feeling it's it's a nightmare everything is falling. apart the european union is to collapse. the russians have made friends who would be successors. but in fact we are really

working with various formats so i will give you an example. in moscow for just a few decent now and then i'll have to return to brussels. during high level expert conference to be held in a totally different forum that will be russia poland and germany so we are trying to build triangles. because this is what consultations. when you have twenty eight or twenty nine states in one form and like the nato council each state to risk even a few minutes at the most to express his point of view. are used to something different so narrow formats is where the actual work is done and they help finalize agreements that have been reached. standing behind. russia and europe which is. something that you don't deny that the new york times for example writes reason is desire to distance russia from china on the contrary the british

newspaper the times says that it's an attempt to take. rights british history and impartially have always been. never alive when russia started building up its european policy. also thought that it should be in their interest there are the islanders like many others. certainly not in our. continent i would love to tell those skeptics are so much concerned with russia's return to european your theory that russia has always been and will continue to be a european nation. century was a century of exceptions rather than rules what i mean is solution self isolation. or europe's unity create ever lasting peace.

between russia and europe and hear it from the twentieth century. seems that the germans are going to insist on their right to have nuclear weapons withdrawn from german territory and how far do you think they will go. just their trump card or is it serious politics. just an example would be a subject of accord between france and germany because the french nuclear doctrine such that it doesn't even provide for france's participation in nato is nuclear planning. part to returning to nato organization france has preserved its full sovereignty. france has returned to nato training. still seeking to qualify. from all directions started by charles de gaulle there's also certain unpredictability with regards to watch be considered an act of

aggression against france an attack on french territory an attack on french interests for the germans theory absolutely different like some other european countries germany favors the. nuclear weapons from the european continent to russia has withdrawn all tactical weapons from the territorial form and saw that allies and keeps these weapons in russia while the americans consume you keeping their weapons in europe so many europeans don't quite that when i talk to ordinary people in brussels you know not just working there i'm also living in the city so i go to the barbers and speak to my neighbors and when i tell them that u.s. nuclear bombs are located fifty kilometers away from their homes you know firstly they don't know anything about that and secondly they get depressed when they find out this is that or not to tell. them no i think we should keep telling them that

that is why it's very important for the germans to seek the europeans so world becomes free from foreign tactical nuclear weapons just make sure you don't mention it to your dentist when you're in his chair. as far as i know has suggested involving russia in the so-called in the sense he did moscow hear anything specific about this and what was the reaction or when can we expect a reaction that's. what. the defense is not limited by missile defense per se. giving nato's integrity 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 which you don't need so 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 of a political ad t.n.a. has to do more with nato so internally show of unity. so when we are 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 economists but they're trying to involve russia into something unknown to us. head of the summit to the debates over the new strategic concept final stage the discussions among nato wise men how can this new concept change policy towards russia. first of all the wise man have no longer anything to do with this new concept it

was some sort of a trick on the one hand we saw that some work was being done on certain people who was most wanted all capitals including moscow who did come here. yes they came here wrote a paper we studied it carefully began to comment on it and suddenly we find out that this paper doesn't really matter instead there is another paper that they were not going to show anyone. and nothing to do with it and nato secretary general himself wrote the real keep her you know it is being discussed by nato member states behind closed doors russia has not seen this document but i hope it will be introduced at the summit so you haven't even seen it. yes let's put it this way we haven't seen it and no one has given it to you to read right we were not given these documents arranged and that's why you can't make any. that's right of course . right another question munich security conference that's currently taking place

in moscow sums up us as to what issues are being discussed and that says a lot for that's first of all i would love to say that the russian president will be hostile to screw and i think it will be a significant event because the president he's hosking the group after he made certain decisions in deauville together with his french and german court nurse and the many conference which has the reputation of the main security forum it involves country leaders or key decision makers. and the fact that it's a mini conference now has sessions in russia. says a lot about the importance that russia is now playing in the decision making. s. for in the munich conference itself it will take place in february next year and its main fall course will be in the caucasus. and. also

leaders over. here but john will be key presenters there john says the. russian representative to nato spotlight will be back shortly off till we take this should stay with us. first. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and bring the

best in science and technology from across russia and around the world acknowledging update on our g. welcome back to spotlight i'm older now and just to remind my guest in the studio is the meeting i was in russia representative to. the nato summit in lisbon which will take place in november but russia was invited to it did russia accept this invitation and who will represent our country there so. we're not supposed to take part in nato internal events and we will but on the sidelines of this of down to there will be a special meeting for countries that send troops to afghanistan. president. and some others. participate in this meeting so they will go to lisbon even though

there won't be any special meeting with ukraine in georgia. for russia we don't participate in nato advance but we are ready for a serious dialogue at the top level within the russian nato council format. have discussed the issue of russia joining nato in several times if we journalists whom you like to quote since you're one of us love to discuss this topic brought up whenever we talk about nato because it's the most interesting part of what it what . city you expert and former german defense minister added heat by saying that the time has come to accept russia enter nato. he suddenly say that. mr ford. a friend of mine even published a few things together in the german press. but i have never

doubted he's a personal integrity and skills. and as a former defense minister mr. really thinks that it is possible to by the way you asked this question it seems like it was your idea and you. know not at all of course not on the contrary i have always told you i don't believe in it. as the writers have this opinion and he's sincere in his conviction that. others on the other hand are not being so sincere or talking about this issue because they think this could entrap. and want to get carried away talking about joining nato it is like saying that if a grandmother had a mustache she would have been a grandfather. we know that and would not turn a grandmother into a grandfather. it's the same with russia when it will not become in the member.

pointless to discuss this but it is just it's true used to undermine our objections against other countries joining nato countries like georgia ukraine and so forth. if we ourselves join nato how can we be. doing the same in fact we realize that the new nato member is to join nato escaping from russia. scary russian beer at school to join the alliance. the presidential thing called. they often raise this issue of russia joining nato saying this step is a necessity. what do you think about these guys from the institute of contemporary development. i think they are naive. ok. in the new strategic concept need to wants to stipulate its rights far beyond

the borders of nato countries and. of course press thinking about the down right away. as russia concerned about this freedom that nato is trying to grant and sell . well yes. it could because there need to be certain criteria for assessing threats coming from different parts of the world and they're not the should nato thinks that these threats come from everywhere else and usually from forward beyond the orders given to. our home then. just imagine the situation what if nato thinks that a mosquito. actually means to bite down. they gather all their nato. sledgehammer and it was huge. both you. and the mosquito. was it was it that you told me sounds very russian

people sit on the porch drinking tea. the other one on the forehead and says sorry mosquito i have not seen this kind of concern in other countries. and all russian traditions are good and should be applied by other countries the u.s. state department has confirmed the european travel alert issued earlier this month . has the details. europe is a dangerous place at least according to the u.s. state department which issued another at the beginning of october it suggests europe has become targets for al qaeda what immediately raised questions was the vagueness of the alert which wasn't country specific but covered the whole continent the media speak you waited that several european landmarks could be targets among those most frequently made. have been a photo op and author of dom cathedral in paris as well as rulings central station and hotel. it was mentioned that the planned terrorist attacks could go along the

lines of the move by attacks two years ago then a small group of terrorists attacked a number of sites and killed more than one hundred sixty people the threat apparently comes from the region on the border between pakistan and afghanistan where terrorists are trained following the u.s. alerts several countries including britain japan sweden and france issued their own travel warnings. the trouble is they appear to be taken. to a pool by trip advisor dot com and usa today only thirteen percent of americans decided to defer their trip to europe. what do you think about this terrorist threat. from al qaida talking about. complicated structure as dated does not help in dealing with today's challenges.

well just think about security problems and by the way. this points to nato needs its military forces in order to defend its borders from outside. who would attack nato. especially because she's no longer considered an enemy. who needs to be involved in all nato projects. nato good question if anybody plans to attack nato this would not be a military threat and in order to deal with this threat they don't need such huge military forces they need some. special services these services could exchange information some duct special operations targeting certain regions dealing with specific threats nato can spend as much time as it wants looking for a job but i think its current qualifications make it hard for the alliance to find

an appropriate job. has been revealed this. pay special attention to the issue of delegating. to the afghan authorities. we are now getting alarming reports from afghanistan. how long do you think this process of. take because of. the other was to i don't think you'll find any examples in history when americans answered some country and then exited right away but when they do something like that they don't usually plan on an immediate pull back to you know i think that in some form or another if the nato contingent will stay in uganda stand or in the entire region they will find some kind of excuse for staying so they will stay on some military bases maybe not in afghanistan itself but close to its borders but of course the one hundred fifty thousand soldiers and

a huge amount of equipment will be pulled out but you will with wife. because nato realized that their methods dealing with insurgency don't work in afghanistan. and secondly they don't really want to fight there that. they mostly try to use either special forces or the afghan army but afghan forces don't have a strong fighting spirit yet we will do so in this sense meaning in the nato headquarters are discouraged maybe even close to panic so the troops will also because the war in afghanistan is very unpopular especially with the european countries so they will delegate responsibilities to the local afghan people and to special services will. have a pretty to do this will be discussed unless bought a right to go ride but let me give you some numbers which may surprise you need to

expand was about seventy thousand people to resign from the can security forces next year but how can you say that you have an army how can you say that you have security forces when half of your soldiers are resigning every year some afraid it thirty americans and their allies have just stirred up the corn it's nasty and now they're pretending like everything is fine when you post stuff. it is happen that europeans will start flowing out of get us down and americans will be the only ones left there to fight that war alone the whale which it's very possible as i said most likely americans will studio here in one form or another europeans will leave and americans both stay but what about nato. will nato solidarity in the fort away in the european military presence is often purely nominal should take

iceland for example just a nation of two officers in afghanistan because of what's always there it's hardly talking about here. it is important to the american citizenry to you have the reactions outside and that you hear as a legitimate use of that's why the answered of ghana stand along with the european troops and then you. give about this is not important to europeans europeans for one reason. this way they see one security. gani stand he actually spend money and personnel for the supplant excellent charity so it doesn't really go well with the european laws you see you need to remember ship which is still up . thank you very much for being with us and just delighted that my guest here in the studio today was meeting and i was in russia representative to nato and that's if the now from all of us here if you want to have yourself spotlights if you have someone in mind to think i should until next time. at altitude. and

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