socialism good to see don't need to go and. read this in the can it was a photo as used to retreat. work together with nato or the possibility of a new arms race president dmitry medvedev gives a stark warning in his annual address to the federal assembly he also highlighted ways to modernize the russian economy by corruption and pledged more help for families to tackle the demographic the face of the russian. persuasion time for barack obama as he makes a last ditch appeal to the senate to ratify a new arms reduction treaty with russia and the agreement to cut the nuclear arsenals of russia and the us both signed by president obama had bedded in prague in april. and the final whistle blows forbids dose the next two football world cups as competing nations await the decision of the sport's governing body russia is up against england enjoying bids from spain in portugal in the netherlands and belgium to host the first world cup defeat executive committee will announce the winners

thursday. up next a look at how to tackle the afghan drug threat and stem the flow of heroin to russia are all issues that are coming out of focus in the spotlight with al gore and of coming up next. how again a welcome to spotlight on r.t. . today my guest is. the organization for security and cooperation here at this holding its meeting this week in. leaders at coming to discuss threats to the region one of the biggest challenges is the drug trade from afghanistan their recent joint. operation was a success and many experts i doubt advocating closer teamwork between nato russia and afghanistan but what are going to have the muscle and now to boost the

coalition efforts in afghanistan general of the collective security treaty. the forthcoming always seesawing capital astana will feature leaders of the top political and military blocs the un nato and the europe presenting europe and america will join the cia ass and. 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 for creating a new pan-european security system proposed by president dmitri medvedev.

thank you for being with us today. about the upcoming summit in austin not a five major international organizations are participating far short of a. studio in. 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 c.s.t. all member states chairing it the very fact that top government officials are meeting to discuss security issues is a very important achievement. and for our objectives. would certainly want to discuss the issue of afghanistan but. i believe representatives of these five organizations could discuss coordination of their efforts in tackling the problem of afghanistan and improving the situation in southern kurdistan. i'd even

say that the fact that we're meeting to discuss all these matters will give an impetus to our joint efforts in maintaining security in the region more specifically i'll have a meeting with the always see secretary general to discuss the new always see initiatives regarding kurdistan the so-called peaceful police mission. we're willing to assist the always seeing these actions as we've been cooperating with the kurds authorities in stabilizing their situation and restoring order there. briefly discuss some different some of the nato summit has just taken place if i'm not mistaken back from where you said i quote. position is the exact opposite of that's on a c s t o there is no consensus among nato members regarding cooperation with the c.s.t. oh they obviously prefer bilateral contacts from the viewpoints on which are in their political goals unquote. the summit took place it was

a success as we heard and russia participated and it has 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 made his new strategic concept secondly the summit took place without russia's participation russia participated. exactly participated in the russian nato 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 nato to it is an 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 a knowledge it's decision to recognize south a said. the summit did not discuss our

initiative on the european security treaty escapism i also believe there was no breakthrough on the c.f.e. treaty so odds say that was a summit of a major international organization concerned with security representatives of nato member states assess it as successful we for our part took note of its results nonetheless i want to stress we would really like to cooperate with nato in such areas as maintaining security in of ghana stand and central asia drugs illegal migration terrorism and so on well indeed the latest russian nato council meeting has seen a real breakthrough corporation between the former and as many analysts say to make war on the agreements to achieve the lisbon in a report by spotlights. the words from the new strategic

concept adopted by the alliance made opposes no threat to russia i considered the major political achievement of the it's been summit. have agreed. defacing c'mon threats like terrorism drug trafficking and the proof aeration the weapons of mass destruction and pledged to embark on a new era of cooperation 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 the most dramatic step forward in russian media ruination is the prospect of a new missile defense shield for europe the us the ship was a stumbling block in relations between moscow and the west known the two sides seemed ready to make it in joint pool chipped in we try to show would be responsible for handling ruled missiles from the east and they did from the west. we have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue dialogue on european

missile defense yeah i mean a good here should be that our participation ought to be equal at it and i will stress this it can only be a support character because we can definitely take time to work out the details for cooperation in the defense experts agree this question the idea is revolutionary in itself. and russia ever closer to real partnership in the. sense in september commenting on the suggestion for russia to join nato you said it was unrealistic even at the quote. i don't think russia should develop a discuss on this matter unquote. but today nonetheless western and russian politicians seriously claim that this may happen some time in the future. or so do you still believe that russia will never nato and that all those discussions are just a publicity stunt i haven't heard any russian politician seriously discussing this

not just. to your guns well right i know that many politic all analysts are discussing this issue first. i repeat i believe that russia doesn't need to change the existing security system there is a well established security system within the collective security treaty organization. this system includes countries which used to be together in the soviet union they share the same intelligence the same approach the same military school the same structure of security forces the same agenda so it makes no sense to ted down what we already have and build something new with new partners in europe secondly there is a much cheaper option russia and the c.s. deal can interact with nato and that's exactly what we're talking about we can join these potentials and work together. so you believe that since there is no confrontation now. there is no need for us to journey to

a new longer right confrontation and a long time ago there is no copper ration either third i believe any discussion of this topic is harmful as it makes zero allies feel uncertain. we should be able to tell them clearly we take our stand with you with the c.s.t. you. we may be the leading country here. but we're building this security system together with you. the next question is about. you mentioned when you answered my first question. first and purpose with a serious c.e.o. . and i believe this was the first instance of such cooperation. to continue coordinating your work and cooperation and courage. and possibly other hotspots or was it a one time thing he did. was. actually we started coordinating

our activities several years ago. we started discussing and evaluating various event. together and considering what we can do together. kurdistan was the first instance where we coordinated our work not only with the sea but also with the un and in fact the e.u. but it's nearing the period of unrest the representatives of these four organizations gathered and assessed those events together and prepared their proposals on the situation and we continue doing so on other problems of central asia besides kurdistan's for instance we've been working together on the problem of the border on afghanistan i'm very grateful to the always see secretary-general mr bush on board for being so open to this cooperation. some criticize the say and we talked about that last time for not responding quickly enough to i think

questions encourage. the russian foreign ministry even said recently. in. crisis response mechanisms should be a priority. do you think these mechanisms are developing. they certainly are the next serious to summit to which will take place on december tenth will be devoted to these issues but actually one the leaders of the c.s.t. all countries met in your yvonne recently they spoke highly of c.s.t. oh efforts to bring our response to the current use crisis was prompt and effective we designed and recommended the measures which the presence then approved of the reason for criticism was different we were criticized because we chose not to send up peacekeeping forces to kurdistan however a considering the way you dance unfolded we see that we were right not to send military units there instead we focused primarily on helping the courage as authorities and law enforcement agencies to restore order in the country says

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a notch in. welcome back to spotlight time just to remind you that my guest in the studio today is. the general of the collective security treaty organization. in two thousand and five and two thousand and six which was the period of revolutionists. kurdistan criticize the always see. below sea but in the past moscow criticize it harshly moscow did not like the way the o.s.c. morning to hold elections we didn't like their observers and in fact we question their conclusions their own alice's and their about elections. strongly advocated a reform of the o c i remember much talk about the need to reform the o.c.a.

yet the reform did not take place. needs to be reformed it's just my opinion it's well this is still member states think in fact before they believe the needs more than just a reform first it is necessary to establish the o.s.c. as a full blown international structure because it even doesn't have a charter or take the bureau for democratic institutions and human rights which monitors elections what are the founding document was approved by all the always see members that it's activities a bayes dawns or does it operate simply based on what its officials want to do what the representatives of the sea is steel state suggest is that we should prepare some bylaws for the o.c. in general and for some of the structures two years ago the c.s.t. all member states released a special statement calling on other participants to reform the organization.

in a newspaper article that i quote. the idea is to create a security community in the states and the euro plan taken your asian regions its chances three quel real outlines in the context of the overseas summit in. december the first and second quote that. considering the defects you mentioned nevertheless given mr laws understanding has become a new foundation for the new security system that the president spoke about. yes it can but only the international security organizations support its activities the president of russia incidentally spoke about that too. we need a legally binding treaty establishing a new security system in the euro atlantic area q one which by the treaty should include not only nations located in that region but also security organizations

they deal with security issues in that region. it would bring some specific decisions on afghanistan but i'd like to discuss that in more detail. many believe it is high time something like a marshall plan for afghanistan was approved that which was not only put an end to the war but also provide a term investments which is a basis for a new life can anything all that source be at least agreed or even decided upon and . i don't think so. who isn't ready i think what we can have is an in-depth discussion of security problems including those in central asia. and we'll of course discuss of. them when we can come to terms on starting this work but i don't think a star now will approve any specific decisions i believe will have

a concerned discussion and outline some approaches and plans for further joint activities over those problems including afghanistan's problems today is the weak link that defines the state of security in the central asian region and not only there. we know i think you know. that. georgia is cohen to request that the reset and its mission to south. and on that issue russian with possibly one find itself in the minority or even in isolation why can't russia find a compromise on that issue with the o c and why is it a scenario that. might go back to. this picking it's not appropriate for me to speak on behalf of russia because after all i represent an international organization. what do you think of the mission and the

parties are looking for a compromise but it's a crucial issue we say that south are set up because here are independent states while georgia says that they are georgian territory. accordingly was say there should be three separate missions for south. enjoy georgia says no. no you mean you're not against the mission or you know. like this if they send separate missions to a certain they will actually recognize them as independent states which is something they can. sure the dispute is about the positions of state no more than that i think a compromise is possible the parties are looking for it but right now i can give you the details of the. those talks. here's another interesting question of. internal ministers meeting. russia's security council secretary said this threats

from transnational crime are emerging as the most ones for the entire civilization to pose them to the actions of international community are necessary. to fight the transnational crime we know about u. joint operation together with afghan and nato forces in afghanistan what else you know what we do today in the so-called challenges like drugs terrorism illegal immigration it. is precisely working to. transnational crime from all that single out two things first drug trafficking understandably there are a transnational international criminal groups operating in the field moreover their activities are well coordinated and we saw that particularly during the operation you mentioned and after each as we analyzed its results and received expert

assessments and estimates and second which extremist groups we are observing some very serious processes in progress in central asia for example we have specific information indicating that based extremist groups were implicated in the mass scale rioting in southern kyrgyzstan there examples where those extremist groups attempted to destabilize a situation in certain areas of the stand i mean they're becoming more active not long ago the taliban whose flag those groups light turned up on the north in northern afghanistan they are able to extend their influence to northern afghanistan and across the pounds revert to the territory of member states. this is why we agreed at the c.s.t. zero interior ministers meeting that we should counter extremist activities in central asia. but everything i mentioned including criminal groups specializing in

human trafficking is transnational crime that has to be dealt with their activities. are withing these problems. real then the threat of an armed conflict. as well as i have visited many times i was told the history of the conflicts by both sides. can only be forced into looking for compromises. but that does not. see or no one else have the mechanisms to force the two states to look for compromise. i don't think a compromise can be found through coercion. and if they will never come to terms on their own. this achieving of agreement is bayes don't goodwill mutually acceptable

agreement coercion. we can have peace enforcement by force. but you cannot enforce a compromise seeking. why has this process lasted for so long ten years because a compromise has to mature not only. be ready for it but the public opinion as well the nation should be ready for a compromise helping to resolve the deadlock and i don't think this can happen overnight at any rate i know one thing better than any war yes i agree so it makes no sense to ask you whether they. will bring any decisions on. you know you can be all right and the answer will be no i don't think any decisions will be passed by the sub. it is likely to come up in discussion you say the situation is somewhat better now but on the other hand there are many a defense minister said the other day that in case of any contingency he was ready for a peace enforcement operation in relation to. in other words they're ready to go from

all. sides the same thing they don't seem to be willing for a compromise on you should what makes you think so they are looking for a compromise they don't want to be forced into that compromise but generally he said nothing out of the ordinary the armies are created to be ready for war this is why the minister said exactly what he should be saying but in reality only a compromise no combat operations no confrontation a compromise and a long wait perhaps for years and generations yes perhaps a new generation of politicians should come the whole final is settled the conflict yes this is how i see things it's my personal view but i think the parties should be looking for a compromise. thank you very much for this and just to remind you that my guest in the studio today was. the general of the collective security treaty. and that's it for now from all of us here if you want to have your self talk live or maybe have

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