at the go on a first proposed new pan-european security treaty there was a mixed reaction some said it is time to change the old system others said that russians are trying to deceive europeans but security is a serious thing it's inappropriate to make one country or book safe at the expense of others no i'm glad that russia's voice is being heard by my counterparts in france germany and other countries personal relations do not decide everything in foreign policy but they really help a recent reset in russia u.s. relations could not have been successful without a good relationship with president obama some of us believe that it was a good idea to push the reset button. but some of us believe that we should actually go try to go further. and write new software. better programs and more cooperation. security conference is an annual meeting of high level officials from around forty countries founded in one hundred sixty two one of the leading nato is discussion meetings now attracts more and more nations are not in the block well this year the conflict is taking place here in moscow. whi

russia's proposal for a new pair and european security treaty is not aimed at narrow objectives will help all the participants that was one of the messages of dmitri medvedev as he met with the participants of the munich security conference. at the big o. water for the first proposed a new plan european security treaty there was a mixed reaction some said that it's time to change the old system others said that russians are trying to deceive europeans i was expecting such reactions nevertheless we have to continue. my dear is not aimed at narrow objectives that security is a serious thing is it appropriate to make one country or block seats at the expense of others and one of the major directions of our foreign policy is euro atlantic but many are still eager to compare russia to the suv union it's not correct the country has changed people have changed a lot and i'm glad that russia's voice is being heard by my counterparts in france germany and other european countries and yet look at the munich security conference annual meeting of high level officials from around the country foun

russia's proposal for a new pan european security treaty is not aimed at narrow objectives and will help all the participants well that was one of the messages of the russian president dmitry medvedev as he met with the participants of the munich security conference at the governor's proposed a new pan-european security treaty but there was a mixed reaction some say that it's time to change the old system and i don't see that russians are trying to deceive europeans but to curate he is a serious thing it's inappropriate to make one country or block safe at the expense of others you know i'm glad that russia's voice is being heard by my counterparts in france germany and other countries option but your personal relations do not decide everything in foreign policy but they really help a recent reset in russia u.s. relations could not have been successful without a good relationship with president obama some of us believe that it was a good idea to push the reset button but some of us believe that we should actually go try to go further. and write new software. have better programs and more

as my idea about signing the european security treaty fits nicely into these efforts we hope this possible document and other efforts taken by our country to provide security will receive an adequate response in the world. a visa free regime for russian citizens is expected to be brought up in the discussions the citizens at the moment are requested by the get agreement to acquire it be said before entering european states russia forces long been negotiating a visa free regime for its citizens and that issue is definitely going to be touched upon by the russians. all of. this. is very helpful. and therefore. the chance to speak. that way. security not being part of the e.u. or nato well that's according to political expert. who says that that's why pushing for a joint security alliance. goal is to make the european security . situation that russia which is an important country in europe. state or european security system as of today the european security system is nato this is part of it so. proposal of me to build the security space. to

and my idea about signing the european security treaty fits nicely into these efforts we hope is possible documents and other efforts taken by our country to provide security will receive an adequate response in the world. but there are other items on the agenda as well a visa free regime for russian citizens is expected to be brought up in the discussions russia citizens at the moment are requested by the schengen agreement to acquire a visa before entering european states russia forces long been negotiating a visa free regime for its citizens and that issue is definitely going to be touched upon by the russian president when he sits down to meet with his colleagues from france and germany but all of the leaders saying that this kind of dialogue is very helpful and has a lot of potential because it is less formal and therefore the three leaders will have a chance to speak freely and perhaps achieve more results that way. oh political expert. in the off believes it's highly unlikely russia will ever become an equal member of the e.u. or n

sanctions against iran now european security was front and center during this three party forum russian president dmitri medvedev proposing a new type of european security treaty it was one that the german chancellor angela merkel certainly gave her full endorsement and sarkozy is also standing next to the russian president on that as well but here they're saying that he wants to see a future with more russia and nato cooperation he said is absolutely important so important in fact the view that it will attend the nato meeting in lisbon on november the twentieth to further this agenda of more russia and nato cooperation in the future and the issue of visa free travel that was also covered by all parties in attendance there medvedev saying the visa free travel is crucial between france germany and russia it was at that point that the french president nicolas sarkozy chimed in and he said that he will work with medvedev step by step to implement some form of legislation he was saying that all parties france germany and russia share a common economic space and as such a visa free travel relationship would be mutually beneficial those details and many more on our

of european security and its architecture was also the fokus like i said we need to work with you further and we have several ideas here including your russia's proposal of a european security treaty and our colleagues are ready to continue considering what is a de among other reasons we discussed the russian nato couple relation it will go on if this is an important issue it's a very important area and i'd log in now since that and i will attend the russian nato council that will take place in lisp on on november the twenty and i think this will help us solve the chain of a compromise and develop dialogue between the russian federation. yeah but he took a lot of notice of them and we discussed the importance of what i was asian program we talked about the visa free to travel we talked about sold in the shoes some of insurrection between russia and the european union because russian brush or france and germany france and germany are our major partners in the european union is severe important for us to coordinate our efforts with these two states so i'm on the cold hard luck to at the point of wind out that this floor met has been very useful and helps us to. conduct an open and f

the russian president's proposal for a new pan european security treaty could work if agreed that's according to what wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference the former trucks politicians media and scientists from around forty countries this time it's taking place here in moscow the european security system which we have had for the most decade or two has not worked very well. that was probably the reason why president medvedev. made fundamental proposals regarding. the able and the evolution of this european security system i think he is right in addressing these issues. well the comments echoed the reaction of the french and german leaders who met president he had there been below launching today with the aim of bringing moscow and the e.u. closer it's been confirmed that europe is considering russia's proposals for a new security system in the region in response the russian president said he would attend a key nato summit next month in lisbon. but talking to a top russian diplomat responsible for smoothing relations with europe says russia's relations with nato will t

say one of the first people to respond to president medvedev is initiative to create a new european security treaty he reacted positively saying the u.s. side was ready to discuss this and we've been discussing it for some time now i am rather optimistic about the outcome of this discussion. or. is it possible that a successful reset ingo fresh air hewas relations may become less important in the russia america triangle. you know i would have stained from using megalomaniac metaphors such as this triangle but there are things to consider like for instance the g.d.p. value the role and share of the g.d.p. in an economy russia's g.d.p. share is six percent of that of the us it looks a bit better if we compare it to the e.u. that's why picturing these relations as a triangle is somewhat megalomaniac on russia's part i'd rather say that we could form a triangle together with the european union. but. if you insist on using a triangular shape to depict international relations in our case the color's would be the us russia and the e.u. and china. that would truly be a global triangle but we should not muc

it how would you explain to the west what our primary goals are in relation to the common european security treaty. not. 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 is an adversary therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be used this wiping europe off the face of the earth but we are being persuaded that russia is a good country since we're a good country let's come to an agreement our president isn'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

security dialogue between russia and european nato countries such as france and germany they met last week in northern france to discuss see european security framework that is a response to present mediators proposal for a treaty on european security so we are seeing two things better bilateral relations and the beginnings of a european takeover of nato and i think that is very interesting the americans are more interested in the asia pacific rim and they were interested in the middle east it's now up to europe that is both western europe and russia to make sure that it comes to better security arrangements inside the wire to europe and that's why i think all these developments are so if you're. joining us live there in london a lecturer in politics in the university of kent we appreciate your time in r.t. thank you. many facts the un has urged investigation into claims of torture in iraqi prisons following the latest revelation from wiki leaks the whistle blowing web site also raised concerns that kurdish controlled northern iraq could be plunged into bloodshed when u.s. troops withdraw and sebastian meyer now reports many in the country do fear the twenty eleven deadline is too soon for local security forces

talks here and specifically the issue of european security proposed by the russian president a little earlier russia's cooperation with the north atlantic treaty organization is also going to be discussed of course and that will be done tailing into the new proposal for european security plan and various other aspects of european corporation of course the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the various effects that it has had on bilateral trade on european trade on russia's relations with those members of the e.u. the negotiations to have a visa free regime for russian citizens wishing to travel to europe right now of course we know that russian citizens are obliged to get a visa in order to enter the european union that's according to the shang an agreement that is currently in force and for a number of years of officials have been talking all over the possibility of removing the visa regime and making travel for russians into europe visa free and that is yet another issue that medium and if it's certain to raise with nicolas sarkozy and angola merkel and of course many russians are keeping their fingers crossed that something defini

here and specifically the issue of global european security proposed by the russian president a little earlier russia's cooperation with the north atlantic treaty organization is also going to be discussed of course and that will be done tailing into the new proposal for a global european security plan and various other aspects of european called gratian of course the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the various effects that it has had on bilateral trade on european trade on russia's relations with those members of the e.u. all of those items are definitely going to be on the agenda as the three leaders said down to talk business one of the topic you haven't actually mentioned and that is concern in europe and that's the visa restrictions they can so many people here in russia the visa issues are going to discuss with a reason to think. well this is a topic that many russians are definitely following very closely the negotiations to have a visa free regime for russian citizens wishing to travel to europe right now of course we know that russian citizens are obliged to get a visa in order to enter the european union that's according

relations with nato itself the upcoming summit of the treaty organization in lisbon is also perhaps going to touch upon this global system of european security also perhaps talking about russia's potential involvement in the european system of anti-missile defense something also had mentioned is something that the us are busy also believes that russia should be involved in so all those issues are definitely going to top the agenda as the three leaders sit down and talk business. part from the issues that you just mentioned taking center stage they are advil. well we can of course avoid issues that are relevant to the international community not only european matters that are being brought to the table things like situation in the middle east. situations in afghanistan the ongoing era raney and nuclear ambitions all those items are definitely going to be brought up by his colleagues from france and germany we also know. various other aspects such as the. consequences of the global financial crisis its effect on the european economy on russian economy on the way that they were affected by lateral trade between russia and the european union all

lisbon treaty were needed laura abbott explains how europeans hope to shore up the region's troubled economy. this is what's turned out to be the u.k.'s pass into the realms of financial security because those who are using this are now in brussels heading into another raul over the euro zone france and germany are arguing for changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want it's punishments for countries that are fiscally irresponsible and a permanent centralised funds to bail those countries out when they do get into trouble essentially they don't want to pay the price for other countries irresponsible money management ever again as they did earlier this year where your in all dues. so there you are. for this economic block a trading bloc. a very powerful bloc well there's a crisis if the individual member states who have to pick up the pieces and. the elites who run this is the euro skeptics say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the eurozone differ so much it's impossible to have a common monetary policy and it's the strong who've suffered germany particularly paid the lion's share into a sev

treaty in 2009. what does it mean? the european union already now has lead into g.m.s., global monitoring environment and security and observation system. and also for galileo, the european navigation system. it will more and more take over or have a play a major role in our activities. european space policy spells out further priorities for the future. the space and climate change. space and security. space situational awareness as an example. and exploration where europe also has an interest to play a significant role in any future space exploration endeavor. apart from that, of course, the european you space agency remains the botied of expertise -- body of expertise of technology and implementation of projects in europe and science and international space station, for instance, remain in the realm of the european space agency. having the european union playing a more significant role means we in europe have now the situation that space is discussed on a much higher political level that have before. an agency is an agency but not a political body per say. now we have the political union in charge and part of it gives us more