RUSSIA: RUSSIN PRESIDENT VLDIMIR PUTIN WANTS RUSSIA TO PLAY FULL ROLE IN GROUP OF EIGHT LEADING INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS AHEAD OF ITS SUMMIT
Record ID:
442982
RUSSIA: RUSSIN PRESIDENT VLDIMIR PUTIN WANTS RUSSIA TO PLAY FULL ROLE IN GROUP OF EIGHT LEADING INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS AHEAD OF ITS SUMMIT
- Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIN PRESIDENT VLDIMIR PUTIN WANTS RUSSIA TO PLAY FULL ROLE IN GROUP OF EIGHT LEADING INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS AHEAD OF ITS SUMMIT
- Date: 11th July 2000
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JULY 11, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. SLV/MV RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SHAKING HANDS WITH JOURNALISTS (2 SHOTS) 0.20 2. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: "You were correct to name it [the G-8] a club. It is not a forum where course of actions are decided or where formal legal documents are signed, it is truly a club of the world's leading industrial countries and when Russia began working in the framework of that club awhile ago, a few years ago, and when it was then called the Big-Seven, now it is called the Big-Eight, the main theme then was about restoring and developing Russia's relationship with the leading international finanical organisations in providing credit to the Russian economy and so forth. Today, we are moving away from such a dialogue with the leaders of the world's main industrial countries and we anticipate that we will discuss common problems, common concerns of international security, issue of arms reduction, certain questions that affect all of the world today such as the environment, certain scientific developments such as the much-talked about mapping of the human gene system and the certain legal questions and ethic questions that this entails and how governments will use this development. Although there will be no formal documents signed at this meeting, it is very important because the leaders have the opportunity to not only informally meet but to come to certain agreements that give an impulse for further actions. Russia does not want to stand on the sidelines of these opportunities. It wants to use these opportunities. We intend to take part in the work of this club." 2.49 4. WIDE PUTIN WITH JOURNALISTS 2.59 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 26th July 2000 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Reuters ID: LVA484BO4YL98T66BP094BTXZ76D
- Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he
wants Russia to play a full role in the Group of Eight leading
industrialised nations ahead of its summit in Japan later this
month.
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (July 11) he
wanted Russia to play a full role in key international
decision-making with the Group of Seven leading industrialised
nations.
Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with Reuters,
Russia's ORT television and Japan's NHK television, the
Kremlin leader said Moscow had earlier seen the Group of Seven
(G7) as a route to shoring up the country's finances.
Now the accent had shifted to broader political concerns.
"Russia does not want to stand on the sidelines of these
opportunities. It wants to use these opportunities. We intend
to take part in the work of this club," he said.
A summit of the "Group of Eight", or G8, takes place on
the Japanese island of Okinawa on July 21-23. The group
comprises Russia plus the G7 -- the United States, Japan,
Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Germany.
"Although formal agreements cannot be signed at these
meetings, they are very significant because leaders of the
countries have the chance not only to chat informally but also
to agree on some crucial points," Putin said.
"This then gives a certain impulse to the executive
branches of power. And that is very important."
The interview -- conducted in Putin's ornate
green-and-white reception room in the Kremlin -- covered arms
control, Russia's economy, North Korea and what Moscow expects
from its Western partners.
The full text of the interview will be released at 2100
GMT.
jrc/jrc
- Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None