Rasmussen and Moscow

I hope the USA will support this approach to help guide Russia:

At the press conference on August 3 Rasmussen said that Moscow should respect the territorial integrity and political freedom of its neighbours. “I’m not a dreamer. It is obvious that there will be fundamental issues on which we disagree. We have to insist, for example, that Russia fully complies with its international obligations, including respecting the territorial integrity and political freedom of its neighbours,” Rasmussen stated yesterday. “But we cannot let those areas of disagreement poison the whole relationship. So my message to the Russian leadership and people is clear: let us build trust on cooperation, and base our cooperation on shared interests.”

---Analyst to UN mission.



[NATO Headquarters new Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ]