Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Obama, Medvedev discuss START in Thursday call

si comprende che dietro all'approvazione del trattato Start si nasconda la 
richiesta di cooperazione con la Russia su altre questioni...
Primi malumori però in Russia: Lavrov, ministro degli esteri, sostiene che 
il trattato non pone limiti al sistema antimissile Usa.. Nel frattempo 
l'approvazione finale, prevista per fine anno, slitta a gennaio...
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Dec 24, 2010 - 00:56
Obama, Medvedev discuss START in Thursday call
By Alister Bull
HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart 
Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday discussed a new nuclear weapons treaty expected 
to deepen ties between the two nations, the White House said.
"President Medvedev congratulated President Obama on the Senate's approval 
of the New START Treaty and the two leaders agreed that this was a historic 
event for both countries and for U.S.-Russia relations," the White House 
said in a read-out of the telephone conversation.
The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty on Wednesday in a 71-26 vote. Russian 
lawmakers said they need time to examine the treaty before giving it their 
own approval, despite hopes they would act more quickly.
An Obama administration official voiced confidence this approval would be 
forthcoming. U.S. officials viewed the Senate as a bigger hurdle to overcome 
to get the treaty approved than winning over lawmakers in Moscow.
The move by the Russian lawmakers was "no surprise, and we are fully 
confident it will get done," the official said.
Obama is on vacation in Hawaii with his family.
The Senate vote was an endorsement of Obama's efforts to improve relations 
with Russia and curb the pursuit of nuclear weapons by North Korea and Iran, 
for which Washington has enlisted Moscow's help, among other issues.
"The two leaders had a very productive year working together," the White 
House said.
Alongside START, it cited Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran sanctions and the 
123 Agreement on sharing nuclear technology and materials as examples of the 
cooperation.
"President Obama also underscored the importance of the United States and 
Russia working together to support a peaceful referendum in Sudan and a 
resolution to the impasse in Cote D'Ivoire that respects the results of the 
recent democratic election," the White House said.
The United Nations said on Thursday at least 173 people have been killed in 
Ivory Coast in recent days in violence stemming from last month's disputed 
election.
The Obama administration has repeatedly urged Ivory Coast's incumbent 
president, Laurent Gbagbo, to stand down after the November 28 vote, which 
the United Nations says he lost.
The White House has also spoken forcefully about the risks to peace in Sudan 
ahead of a January 9 referendum on independence for the country's oil-rich 
south.
(Reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by John O'Callaghan)
Reuters 


Obama ha un bisogno disperato di qualcosa che possa presentare come un 
successo in politica estera. Bisognerà vedere se i Russi sono disposti a 
fornirglielo, e a che prezzo.
Carlo "Jurassic Park" 

 Carlo "Jurassic Park"
per ora i successi di Obama in PE li sta costruendo a tavolino solo il NYT. 
In realt� quello che Obama (e i suoi collaboratori) non riesce a capire (?)� 
che il coinvolgimento di altri attori storicamente ostili che porti a 
soluzioni positive si pu� ottenere solo partendo da una posizione di forza e 
non di debolezza come in questo caso. I russi sono ben consci di queste 
dinamiche e prima o poi rincareranno la dose. Gi� il ministro degli esteri 
russo ha fiutato la pista.
Nel frattempo Buon Natale :-) 

 Am.
non ti dico a quale secolo appartieni tu perchè sono ancora pervaso dalla 
bontà emanata dai canti natalizi... :-))