President Barack Obama believes that the new American leader Donald trump Moscow and Washington will be able to realize further reduction of their nuclear arsenals. About the outgoing leader said during a farewell press conference in the White house, reports Reuters. He also stressed that the current sanctions against Russia are not associated with nuclear disarmament.
“the Reason we imposed sanctions, was not associated with nuclear weapons, it was associated with independence and sovereignty of Ukraine,” said Obama. He said that the US has imposed restrictions after “Russia invaded Crimea” in connection with the support of the separatists in the South-East of Ukraine. “All of this continues”, – said the President of the United States. He also said that this is the opinion of “the world community”. And expressed hope that Ukraine and Russia will sooner or later “established a strong relationship,” reports the “Rain”.
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the Outgoing us leader recalled that during his tenure as President of the United States and Russia agreed on nuclear arms reduction. “I was ready to go further,” said Obama. According to him, from further work in this direction Moscow has refused: “They did not want to negotiate”.
“If elected President trump will be able to resume these negotiations in a serious way, I think there are plenty of opportunities for both countries to reduce nuclear arsenals,” – quoted Obama Interfax. The President expressed his hope for such a development.
Obama also stressed that the tension in relations between Moscow and Washington began to grow after the return of Vladimir Putin to the presidency. Obama believes that during the first term, did everything he could to persuade Russia to build a “constructive relationship” with the international community: “I tried to convince the Russian government that it is possible to diversify and improve the economy, and that the talent of the people of Russia can be used more constructively,” he said.
the US President announced that the United States, like the rest of the world are interested in good relations with Moscow.
the US President-Elect Donald trump said earlier that he would not cancel anti-Russian sanctions for the first time after taking office, however, allowed them to weaken if the US and Russia will be able to establish effective cooperation. Most of the time he and members of his team talking about the possibilities of joint fight against terrorism in the first place banned in Russia grouping “Islamic state”.
the inauguration of the trump will be held January 20, Friday, in Washington.
About the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians: time is running out
Obama also talked a lot about the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The parties must understand that time is running out, he said. He stressed that “does not see how this issue can be resolved in a way that supports Israel”. According to Obama, Israel “cannot be at once Jewish and democratic” state without the creation of Palestine, reports TASS.
He also stressed that the current conflict in the middle East is dangerous for Israel, harms the Palestinians, and security.
Obama said that the new administration Donald trump be extremely careful to act in the middle East and to avoid thoughtless steps. “I assumed the post of President of the United States with the intention to do everything possible to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians, he said. – We have devoted a lot of effort and time. It was clear that we cannot force the parties to the conflict to the world. All we can do is to promote the peace process, to create for him.”
Now, said the outgoing President, “it is necessary to preserve the possibility of solving the problem through the creation of two States.”
“elected President of the USA will have its own policy,’ he continued. – See how their approach works. Don’t want to make predictions about what might happen, but it is clear that the situation in the middle East is very unstable; we saw earlier how unexpected unilateral steps affecting key for each party of the problem, can lead to explosive situations.”
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