and an order well first of all i wanted to ask you about your meeting of the recent meeting with mr lavrov russian for that mr where you said i quote it's of paramount importance that our neighbors become part of the european security system well obviously you meant membership in nato. membership the european union ok right and are you sure that that nato is the main factor that will guarantee security in europe is that is that the belief i'm absolutely positive because if you look at it. things historically you will see the last twenty years in the balkans we have seen so many walls and so many divisions among ethnic groups and religions that we have a historic opportunity actually more than that we have a historic responsibility to make sure that war will be impossible in the balkans and the way you make war impossible in the balkans is by bringing in the neighbors in the west and welcomes into the european union and nato that achieves two things two very important things first it provides for a common framework of laws and regulations to allow for the development of each society secondl

mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted and said so really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world though he gets outside what he sees as the western desire for regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support it and any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law. russia's feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya has progressed russia of course abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there a very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters laid out in the u.n. resolution and came to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria or yemen. sigil of rule pulling no punches even so to those that have criticised russia's stance on the u.n. six. the council also had a few words to say himself about what he sees as a lack of consistency

of clients to possess nuclear weapons and there you have it he their word said that according to mr lavrov had come from deny god now this is important because the nuclear power nonproliferation has been a major topic here at the summit as well as the controversial nuclear program of iran and also discussed at that meeting is the. plan of iran to work with the members of the. members here in order to get rid of the u.n. sanctions because the u.n. sanctions really is a problem proving to be a hurdle. for membership into the c.e.o. but aside from a broad president get it also met with. a start and here they are discussed of course the drug situation in the country which is threatening to security of russia as well as a potential business deals which mean it's a card for these big deals apparently because russia is a willing to contribute a lot to the rebuilding of the country. certainly a powerful statement coming from the iranian president. has no interest in a nuclear weapons so it will no doubt be seen as a success at the summit with security one of the region's fundamental. issues. today

renouncement of plans to possess nuclear weapons and there you have it the word said that according to mr lavrov had come from my dinner job now this is important because the nuclear powered nonproliferation has been a major topic here at the summit as well as the controversial nuclear program of iran and also discussed at that meeting is the. plan of iran to work with the members the six men. burs here in order to get rid of the u.n. sanctions because the u.s. has really proving to be a hurdle. for membership but aside from president get it also met with. of course the drug situation in the country which is threatening to security russia as well as the potential business deals between the two countries big deals apparently because russia is willing to contribute a lot to the rebuilding of the country. coming from the iranian president. with security one of the region's. chief today. that's right where we actually have a whole range of important issues that are happening in the world today as expected they had been a very vocal about the situation in north africa and the middle east and they hav

russia from afghanistan and coming into the other members of the grouping of countries so again mr lavrov said he has one of his top priorities for mr medvedev now the president of russia is here who will also be joining having talks we have. this will definitely be at the top of the agenda get more cooperation between the countries aside from that they do want to improve their international standing again this is this is by no means trying to compete with other group in the world they want to be a part of the global dialogue and that is exactly what they're going to try to come up with one voice relation in regard to the issues that are affecting the world today especially what's happening in the middle east and north africa and of course let's not forget the meetings on the sidelines it's interesting to see what bilateral agreements will come out of the summit on wednesday more from me over the next four days or so from. from the capitol. thanks very much indeed for that. and some of the top stories from around the world an attack on a government compound just north of baghdad has left