Medvedev in Munich announced a “cold war”, agitating the Western media – RIA Novosti

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MUNICH, Feb. 13 -. RIA Novosti, Tatyana Firsova the second day of the Munich security conference began with a presentation by Dmitry Medvedev – the first time he visited the European discussion platform, where it said a large-scale on Russian foreign policy. Among other things, Medvedev used the concept of a new “Cold War”, which is then repeatedly addressed participants in the discussion.

Medvedev spoke at the debate in the pair with the Prime Minister of France Manuel Waltz. Of the three questions “from the floor”, which agreed to take the head of the leading conference and debate, Wolfgang Ischinger, two were addressed to Medvedev. The last question was addressed to the Waltz – his French asked him chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov.

Despite the fact that the list of speakers, Russian Prime Minister was fourth, his speech is interested conference participants for a variety of reasons, most of all, and also identified all further discussion and took the Start page of the German media, but only to the speech of US Secretary of State John Kerry, speech is also waiting for the conference.

The new “cold war”

The term of a new “cold war,” Medvedev used the saying about the relationship between Russia and NATO.

“remains hostile and closed according to our estimates NATO’s political line toward Russia can be said sharply:. we have sunk during a new” cold war “Almost every day we announce the most terrible threat that NATO as a whole. .., then separately for Europe, America and other countries Read the scary movies that are starting to Russian nuclear war I think sometimes we in 2016 or today, in 1962? ” – Said Medvedev. The term “cold war” has repeatedly sounded in subsequent performances.

“Referring to the words of the previous speakers, particularly from Russia, who said that the world is probably on the verge of a second Cold War, I say that the world probably on the verge of already hot war “, – he said, in turn, the president of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite within the subsequent debate panel discussion

.” If you look back to 1963, the first year of the Munich security conference, going back, The cold war is now felt quite “hot”, – said in his speech, US Secretary of State This phrase is probably contained in the speech text Kerry originally and was not a response to Medvedev’s theses -. Association with the cold war, it seems to be strong right from a number of politicians.

Medvedev speech without attention do not leave any one major newspaper. The publication Spiegel Online called it “aggressive.” Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper headlined its article about the conference “As the cold war came to Munich.” The Handelsblatt newspaper, that two days ago, Medvedev gave an interview, called the report on the “Game of the Cold War” conference. Much attention is paid, and the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov – for sure we can say that on that day “pop” in the media, Russian speakers eclipsed American colleagues

Essentially, responded to Medvedev’s words German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. . According to him, the media incorrectly presented the position of the Russian prime minister.

“We are definitely not in the situation of the Cold War. I think that those who this morning listened attentively Medvedev prime minister, who, in contrast to the news reports that I read, too, saw it differently. We understand this to mean that he wanted to say that we must avoid a situation that leads us to the cold war “, – said the minister

.” we are, in my opinion, not in the cold war, we are dealing for the most part conflicts of a new kind, with other orders, with the new structures of conflict “, – he added

Syria

a separate block was the theme of war in Syria, and here again has not done without.” word games ” . German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that, in his opinion, there are chances to achieve a sustainable ceasefire in a week tend to 51%. Lavrov called the other figure – 49%. “For peace in Syria has no chance,” – he writes in this regard newspaper Zeit. In general, the Russian politicians stressed that in order to achieve a truce in Syria requires close coordination of Russia’s military and international coalition led by the United States.

“A key tool solutions and problems of humanitarian supplies, and especially the problem of the truce is to establish daily hourly cooperation and coordination between the military, first of all – between the United States military, which led a coalition created by them, and the Russian military,” – Lavrov said at . conference

“. If we come to the practical purposes of the truce, then no interaction between the military does not work it should all understand,” – he emphasized

on Friday night – before the conference – in Munich hosted a meeting of the international support of Syria group (MTT), decisions were made on the need for a week resolve the question of the delivery of humanitarian supplies to all parts of the country and determine the modalities of the termination of hostilities, which will not apply to terrorist groups.

on Saturday, Lavrov and Kerry spent “on the margins” bilateral meeting conference. As reported on the results of the talks Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, the policy discussed what discussed previously – “concrete steps to coordinate the military line.” The meeting was entirely devoted to the Syrian settlement in the context of the statement adopted by the Syrian Support Group. It was about the specific ways of implementing all provisions of the communiqué, Zakharov said.

The conference in Munich last until 14 February. It was founded in 1963 as a meeting of representatives of the defense ministries of NATO member countries. Currently, an international discussion forum gathering politicians, diplomats, the military, business, academic and public figures from more than 40 countries (NATO members and EU as well as countries that play an important role on the world stage – Russia, China, Japan, India and other.)