on the sidelines of the a shanghai cooperation organization summit russian president dmitry medvedev had sat down with ross mahmoud i did a shot in a closed door meeting and according to a foreign minister sergei lavrov an important statement had been made at that meeting. confirming to dmitri medvedev its total renouncement of violence of assessing nuclear weapons reports statement to be made at a time when there's a lot of international pressure on iran in this regard now russia had also raised the possibility of a more constructive cooperation between iran and the five plus one nations referred to the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany as well as the importance of increasing transparency between iran and the international atomic energy agency now as side or from the issue of its nuclear program and nuclear nonproliferation iran had also said that it is willing to work with s.c.l. members in it lifting. now iran is seeking full membership at the c.e.o. and the sanctions against it is proving to be a hurdle so it seems that iraq is willing to work on th

appreciate for inviting me i have two theories as the shanghai cooperation organization that was published ten years ago. it's not purely military or the like nation but it's a more economically security organization i think it is in central asia and the middle east and this interest. china china divided will be different from the u.s. and nato interests in central and middle east region particularly their division of interests could be in natural resources the middle east by control asia but nevertheless want the issues have been raised having a declaration on libya on a statement on syria have been assured by russia and the sci members do you think actually that they could influence the u.s. and its allies involvement in those countries in libya and syria well as well and i cannot think that they can influence we have seen in the past that the united states and its allies. have intervened and that fact one treat such as iraq. afghanistan and libya. me most so. any american intervention in the region the united. international community should morally support the democratic movement in the

during the talks between the russian and arabian presidents on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization meeting much of the focus of talks so far has been on security issues facing the continent including postwar ghana stand and takes trafficking. the rise of the bags full of the rest talks to russia's former deputy minister to find out which countries his fangs will dominate the walls economic markets and the future. hello again and welcome to spotlight. on the tape i'm alvin of in today my guest is

on progress is made at the shanghai cooperation organization summit in kazakhstan with a potential breakthrough regarding iran's controversial nuclear. iran confirms to russia its total renounce. nuclear weapons at a summit of a should leaders here join me for the details later in the program. and a very warm welcome from all of us here in moscow this is with me you follow it thanks for joining us the greek prime minister is promising to reshuffle his cabinet and seek a confidence vote george papandreou has been desperately trying to push through parliament and austerity program demanded by the you and in return for a new bailout but the plot has faced fierce resistance among greeks with thousands of people taking to the streets in athens clashing with police. as the details from . the clashes between the police and the protests there are still going to give the democrats on the street they could take out a building by. and in the crowd you can see it is such a thing cut along the side flare that was building for a time. people head i would think that it was going to go to the name of the place

they'll be talking about in the next few days it is the tenth year anniversary of the shanghai cooperation organization or summit and are going to be reflective to begin with they're going to look back at the past ten years look at that collaboration the cooperation and see if they've actually achieved something that they want to assess that and then come up with objectives new objectives for the future now the six member states including of course china russia will kick off the summit to morrow that's wednesday and joining them will be the heads of state of iran india and pakistan that have observer status here at the summit now it's interesting because all three of them do want to become full members but there are some hurdles to be overcome in iran's case for example it has un sanctions against it and the c.e.o. is looking forward to adopting a u.n. resolution improving the real. between the u.n. and the s.d.o. having more cooperation so this could be an obstacle but nevertheless iran is here as an observer and they are also involved in the dialogue afghanistan is also here but if you want to send i

progress is made of the shanghai cooperation organization summit in kazakhstan with a potential breakthrough regarding iran's controversial nuclear program and. iraq confirms to russia its total renouncement of plans to pursue nuclear weapons at a summit of they should leaders here in kazakhstan a join me for the details later in the program. international news live from moscow this is all she was in the unit thanks for joining us the bottled greek prime that is stays promising to reshuffle his confidence and seek a confidence vote george help on drought has been desperately trying to push through parliament and austerity program demanded by the us and i have met in return for a new bailout by the plan has faced fierce resistance among greeks with thousands of people taking to the streets in athens clashing with families. has the details from france for. the clashes between the police on the protesters still going to save some of the hands of the state's need to head the. building fired into the crowd so you can see to such things out along the side flare it was building for a time. people h

and all eyes on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting together to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future. but if not more news in less than ten minutes from now in the meantime nato steps up its strikes on the libyan capital as and the former u.s. congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney is in the country to see for herself libyans are coping with the onslaught she expressed doubts about whether nato is following international law interview with r.t. is next. former congresswoman and u.s. presidential candidate cynthia mckinney has been in libya working with a non-governmental fact finding mission for ten days already she's here at private expense as are the other members of her team to establish real evidence based facts on the reality of life in tripoli and made mates of bombardments and civil war she joins me now thank you very much cynthia thank you for having me oh why is fact finding necessary in tripoli i can't remember who it was that said that truth is the first casualty

more than its fair share of issues in pakistan and afghanistan in the neighborhood the shanghai cooperation organization faces a number of challenges that's australia following the annual gathering. as c.e.o. the shanghai cooperation organization was in fact formed to tackle extremism as separatism countries are today giving their speeches have expressed their concern in a still the growing threat within their countries their own countries and in the region as well also the threat of a civility and security internationally they want to come up with a common agenda a common approach to the problems threatening global stability especially what's happening in north africa and the middle east in fact statement was released by a foreign minister sergey lavrov asking the u.s. security council not to simplify the situation in syria with regard to the proposed u.n. resolution that they haven't yet c.e.o. is a strongly asking that a military operations not be involved in this situation this security issue has gone beyond just a land security of the traditional threats that we have seen in the past in fact some o

state university of international relations the director of shanghai cooperation organization center there thank you very much for joining me today so the chinese leader says that his country holds its energy cooperation with russia in a high regard but there have been some disagreements over the prices recently haven't there how does that affect the relationship between them if you mean political really really should put doesn't affect in any way because i mean there's just a commercial issue so to shoes or usual in the relationship between many countries or i would say commercial partners or companies for it doesn't influence it's ok so there's nothing to do with politics here this is a commercial venture but china's economy is predicted to soon overtake america to become the world's number one how does russia feel about having such a powerful neighbor do you think first it's too premature to say that because china has a jew just over kim japan last year so there is to some time we have before it all comes. the united states but i don't know if i can speak for russia brooke asserte

all of us on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting ready to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future from their cars a capital i'm tests are still here join me in a few minutes for the details. political turmoil in yemen is no obstacle for the u.s. to bomb the country as washington is looking to expand its wrong war there join me in a check and for more in just a few minutes. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. nato airstrikes and advancing rebel forces a tightening the noose around colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and mel petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult actions aimed at protecting civilians have succeeded only in stoking people's anger there. are reports. it's may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor is also god some of the longest queues at his pastoral stations the international sanctions imposed on them battled colonels re

being discussed at the shanghai cooperation organization. thank you very much. while you are watching still ahead for you in the program why is the u.s. is building a secret. drone base in the persian gulf to fight militants in yemen. for the jailing of at least seven thousand people by egypt's military rulers will be reviewed by the nation's interim leaders made allegations of torture and abuse the behavior of the army since taking over from alstead hosni mubarak is causing anger amongst those who took part in the revolution many are skeptical whether the generals are able or even willing to bring about the democratic changes so many died for. reports. never sleeps. the eighteen day out prizing that ousted president mubarak has moved the hell nation these has become a common scene here and this to. amnesty international estimates at least eight hundred forty people were killed and more than six thousand wounded during the trying to test the fools to time and to stand down. even in a barak free country the reason for fear. and frustration. right his brother was

all of us on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting ready to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future from the ca's a capital i'm tess are still here join me in a few minutes for the details. russia's mir submarines delve into the depths of one of europe's largest lakes softer previously visiting the north pole and filming part of the movie titanic. and then business folks who are going to steps up its presence in the russian market it will jointly produce new cars joining me for more on that and other stories at business update and twenty minutes. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is the nato airstrikes in advancing rebel forces a tightening the noose around colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and now a petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult now those actions aimed at protecting civilians have succeeded only in stoking people's anger there is. reports. it's may have some of the

all of us on the east who are members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting ready to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future from because our capital and to us are still here jointly in a few minutes for the details. the u.s. presses ahead with a drone base to attack militants in yemen despite the use of the unmanned aircraft are being blamed for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. news from russia and around the world this is r.t. with me us are probably all over thanks for joining us another day of fierce battles in libya has left twenty four rebels dead and twenty eight others wounded nato forces are continuing to tighten their grip on colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and now a petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult. for notion of reports nature's actions aimed at protecting civilians have succeeded only in stoking people's anger. it's may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor i

all of us on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting ready to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future from the capital i join me in a few minutes for the details. submarines dove into the depths of one of europe's largest lakes previously visiting the north pole filming part of the movie. to join. join me for a full business. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is. nato airstrikes in advancing rebel forces of tightening the noose around colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and now a petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult nato's actions aimed at protecting civilians have succeeded only in stoking people's anger there as reports . it's may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor is also god some of the longest queues at his petrol stations the international sanctions imposed on the embattled colonel's regime did not include a few and. that nato is tar

. >> a summit of this shanghaied cooperation organization, a china-led security alliance which includes russia and the central asian states. iran, pakistan, and india are looking for membership in sco. could that alliance be the nato of the east? >> police in full dress are keeping tight security for the city. military drills are at the core of these groupings, a fight against what is called three evils -- terrorism, extremism, and separatism. for time, that means a close focus on what is seen as legal activism and handing over suspects is part of the deal. central asia is home to a large ethnic group. but this group says that pakistan recently extradited a quigers. >> i was supposed to attend the world congress this may, but was stopped at the airport. the authority prevented me from leaving the country. >> human rights is not a party for the sco members. many believe that this organization has the potential to play a greater role in regional stability. >> as you know, the americans have announced a time to withdraw from afghanistan. then we will need some other organization to step in

during towards between the russian and a rainy and presidents on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization much of the focus of talks so far has been on security issues facing the continent including post war i've got to stop the course takes trafficking. as the headlines coming up next security for the us a headache for the rights to watch our special report to see how the world views america's ever spreading military presence. well how they get the money to make them and who's giving it to them and why to protect us from what these are all questions that somebody like obama should have been asking himself it just didn't happen the empire it was it was designed. and those bases just came along like you know some terrible cancer. when you see how much money is at stake in in the operations that go on every day it's phenomenal the number of flights to take off from kadena air force base every single day involved just that one base in that one country on one day and have involved thousands of gallons of jet fuel. repair and maintenance and parts for those aircraft the rationale for these bas

on the east when members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia getting together. to review ten years of collaboration and drop a blueprint for the future. to bring us up to date for the moment more news at the top of the hour with me but first we talk to those who will risk the might of an avalanche in search of the ultimate adrenaline high that's next for you on r.t. . the cole open in chiller in russia's north home to the q.b. massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi pass the snow here is between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and skiers could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful. some avalanches a wet others a dry it all depends on the snow's composition the speed of avalanches varies between seventy and four hundred kilometers an hour man can do nothing in the face of tons of snow rushing down to such a velocity. and yet people do live in t

also members of the shanghai cooperation organization including brush are getting together in the capital just an hour erasers the most important diplomatic and security organization review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future. and the u.s. presses a head with a drone base to time for militants in yemen this cia has been tossed to build the base and to which at times despite the use of the unmanned aircraft a big blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. those are the headlines coming up next one thrill seeking turns deadly with stoppable force of nature that's our special report up next. the cole open in chile are in russia's north home to the q.b. need massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi's would pass the snow here is between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and skis could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be ca

was made during talks between the russian and a rain president on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization meeting . and coming up next security for you as a headache for the rest will china's pressure push to see how the world views america's spreading military presence. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal globalization with its built in self-regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would assure the planet into an era of relative peace and prosperity free trade will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that believed to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike any other in history. according to the pentagon's base structure report today these amount to seven hundred sixteen in thirty eight countries mor

all eyes on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting together to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future. plus washington steps up efforts to build a base to deploy unmanned attack drones in yemen despite the predators already being a tourist for killing civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. well coming up here on r.t. for you when a thrill seeking turns deadly with an unstoppable force of nature that's our special report next now be back with a look at. the cole open in chile are in russia's north home to the q.b. need massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi's would pass the snow here is between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and skis could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful. some avalanches a wet others a dry it all depends on the snow's composition the speed of avalanches varie

during the talks between the russian and arabian presidents on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization meeting much of the focus of talks so far has been on security issues facing the continent including postwar ghana stand and takes trafficking. the rise of the bags full of the rest talks to russia's former deputy minister to find out which countries his fangs will dominate the walls economic markets and the future. hello again and welcome to spotlight. on the tape i'm alvin of in today my guest is . view. political and business leaders from around the world i'm gathering in st petersburg for the fifteenth international economic forum to discuss new ideas and current issues the motto of the event is merging the leadership for a new era but does it mean that the old meters are not the kings of the hills anymore let's ask the former russian deputy finance minister. if you get. put into the u.s. department of state the investment climate of russia has strengthened in recent years but corruption and all stable legal framework and economies dependence on natural resources are all clashes t

of the shanghai cooperation organization there was a joint statement where all the group members there were strictly opposed to any military intervention in libya. thank you very much. beijing based political scientist dr chung things like russia and china has increased collaboration will have global benefits coming at a time when the world needs kind of help. china russia trade an economic relationship and a huge development between two nations i believe is not only of the impacting european continent but also saw the global scene i believe the wall these are at the crossroads historic crossroads or some may say the wall of these at the brink of either being subdued war although coming to us nato military intervention in libya now moving into possibly syria or even to iran if russia or china or all of these air see all the lions we saw that not enough to stop the u.s. led nato military aggression in the north african region so i hope saw that as see all russia china china russia are leaving leading this new global movement to balance the power in the wall so that they can build a new

fair share of the issues with pakistan and afghanistan in the neighborhood as well the shanghai cooperation organization faces a number of challenges. following the i know gathering in astana times a good to see you up to me treatment beautifies i once again stressed the security remains the group's issue of how the leaders planning to tackle threats in the region what you know. well that's right and it's not just president to mention it in fact all the leaders that were here that had given statements did to stress the importance of tackling security regional and international together they did release a statement which echoes what they've all been saying in the past on the situation in north africa and the middle east specifically in libya they had again that called for the international community and those involved in the conflict there to a strictly adhere to the u.n. resolution nine hundred seventy three and one nine hundred seventy two for furthering the conflict that's going on there and with regard to syria for minister sergei lavrov issued a separate statement on. saying that russia's position h

with the shanghai cooperation organization or as c.e.o. summit is taking place now starting it off are the six member nations of the c.e.o. coming together basically to look back at the ten years and see the accomplishments that they have achieved to set the future objectives that they may have will be are also going to be joined by the heads of iran india and pakistan all three of which are observer nations is yes and all three have also expressed their intention to because they've never actually though there are still some obstacles to be over the promise of it be a process of each of the countries also here is the head of ghana stand now the country is here as an invited guest has also applied for observer status and it is expected that at the end of the summit a decision will be made on this application by afghanistan now when this was first formed ten years ago the problem is that they wanted to come back together are the three forces they named this terrorism separatism and extremism as well as to risk all of or to avoid a border and

about a wednesday's meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization in kazakhstan we did see a close collaboration and big proposals put on the table between group members do you think it's possible that the s c o could become the economic mover and shaker of the world. i hope so and i believe saw now i believe the wall these are at the crossroads historic crossroads or some may say the wall of these at the brink of either being subdued or all the calming the u.s. nato military intervention in libya now moving into possibly syria or even to iran if russia or china or all of these as see all the alliance we saw there are not enough to stop the u.s. led nato military aggression in north african region so i hope saw that as see all russia china china russia leaving leading this new global moving on to balance the power in the wall and saw that they can build a new world order where norm or unilateral aggressive or even clone you know methodology being put into a sovereign nation such as leave your political scientist dr chung live from beijing thanks very much. russia's envoy is in trip

shanghai. cooperation organization summit to be tenth anniversary of that that aims to provide security and stability in the region but do you see this group rivaling in nato in the future you've got nato on the west you've got the f c o in the east you've got these groupings of the of the countries in their own neighborhood is there some sort of potential threat in the future. you know. is already playing the world. leader so for countries. to be really regional leaders. to show that it's for the whole world. can we know that this is the population of this country more than half of all. of the all this country is the most territorial. continent and we already showed this and you can see that it's a very interesting grouping yesterday done it has a. summit a lot of a major leaders there are many. many others and we'll just have to see what the future holds or sort of. chairman of the russian china's center of trade and economic cooperation thank you very much thank you but. now the fate of libya's leader and a political way out of a civil war will be at stake during talks in tripoli this as russia's

and voice and shanghai cooperation organization dismissed as groundless accusations that the program was the truth i mentioned in exclusive interview with r.t. . many allegations was raised by the united states and i proved that investigation . taking samples and had it legal process all these allegations. before coming to the end i was in charge of escorting all these specters and i was with them in this military size that would prove this allegation had no basis is every unfortunate after eight years the early morning new stories one thing is clear we do not have any program for nuclear we are fully cooperating with. the unprecedented the most robust is picturing the history of order five thousand mandy's have found no evidence of divergence of nuclear material to agree with their purposes and the statement claimed by the ocean we do respect and i categorically reject. well iran for a nuclear program doesn't seem to have been affected by vents in japan there the operator of the plant says it may take several days for the system to decontaminate radioactive water can be restarted. c