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Posted by thegateoftheangels in : Uncategorized , trackbackBush reflects on Putin
In June 2001, President Bush met Russian President Vladimir Putin and was impressed. “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul.”
Thursday, Bush was asked about the evolution of his thinking about the Kremlin. He was questioned during a forum on his presidency sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute.
His response:
“First of all, there’s — there’s common ground between Russia and the United States. And for — one — one — one area of common concern is the issue of proliferation. And there’s a lot of cooperation taking place to — to work constructively with Russia to make sure that raw materials don’t get in the hands of rogue regimes or terrorist groups.
“Secondly, we’ve found common ground on Iran, believe it or not. People don’t think we have, but I know we have. And that is that the Russians are just as worried about Iran developing a nuclear weapon and the capacity to deliver it as we are.
“And I’ve — I’ve told this story publicly, that Vladimir movies to download and I, you know, were talking — I think it was like ‘06, maybe — and he went to the leader in Iran and said, “You know that George Bush thinks you should have civilian nuclear power, and so do I, but we don’t believe you should have the right to make that uranium, to enrich it, because you’ve violated IEA (sic; IAEA) treaties and therefore we don’t believe you’re trustworthy. And therefore, why don’t you just take — we’ll deliver the fuel, and we’ll pick up the fuel, and you can have your nuclear power. And if you continue to insist on enriched, it must mean you want something other than nuclear power, civilian nuclear power, like you’ve claimed.”
“Obviously, we had big differences over Georgia. And I — I saw Vladimir at the Olympics right as the troops moved into Georgia, and I was — I expressed my concerns. And he expressed his.
“I would say that our relationship is still friendly, although I haven’t seen him much, because there’s a new president. And I — I really haven’t had that much of a chance to get to know President Medvedev.” Dmitry Medvedev was elected prsident in March.
”I will tell you that — my only point is, there’s common interest, and there’s going to be a lot of tensions, and the president has got to be in a position where he can deal with those tensions in a way that doesn’t send chilling signals with other allies.”
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