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Titolo: Putin Suspects Israel of Pursuing “Wider Goals” in Lebanon Attack

Putin Suspects Israel of Pursuing “Wider Goals” in Lebanon Attack
Created: 16.07.2006 12:37 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 12:12 MSK, 3 hours 20
minutes ago
MosNews
 President Vladimir Putin said he thinks Israel is pursuing wider goals in
its military campaign against Lebanon than the return of its two captured
soldiers, the Associated Press news agency reports.
“However complicated the questions are, maximum efforts must be applied to
resolve the situation in a peaceful way and I think all efforts have not
been exhausted,” Putin said early Sunday.
“However, it is our impression that aside from seeking to return the
abducted soldiers, Israel is pursuing wider goals,” he said at a midnight
news conference after a dinner opening the summit of the Group of Eight
industrialized nations. He did not elaborate.
Israel began military strikes against Lebanon on Wednesday, after
Hezbollah militants captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.
As civilian deaths mount, diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have yet
to get off the ground.
The issue is certain to dominate the G8 summit, and differences between
the leaders began to appear even before the annual meeting began.
U.S. President Bush, who met Saturday with Putin, has been outspoken in
defending Israel and accusing Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, of
igniting the crisis.
Putin agreed it was unacceptable to pursue goals using force, but said
that “at the same time, we work under the assumption that the use of force
should be balanced.”
The G8 countries — the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, Britain,
France, Italy and Canada — were expected to issue a declaration on the
Lebanon crisis.
“We, the Russian side, regret... that on the eve of the G8... we see an
escalation of the situation in the Middle East,” Putin said Sunday.
On Iran, Putin indicated that Russia had not changed its opposition to
sanctions, and he defended the country’s right to pursue nuclear
technology for peaceful purposes.
“The question is not about toughening our stance, but about finding common
approaches. This is actually the most difficult, but can prove to be the
most effective in solving the Iranian nuclear problem,” he said.
Turning to other issues, Putin said the summit would address conflicts in
former Soviet states. He said he had discussed the issue with U.S.
President Bush.
Putin said their talks focused mostly on Georgia, where tensions are
rising over the separatist provinces of Abkhazia and most recently South
Ossetia.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who visited Bush at the White
House last week, has made it a priority to bring the two rebel regions
back into the government fold. Russia, which has peacekeepers in the
region, has provided support to the separatists in part by issuing
passports to their citizens.
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 soldiers, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Una volpe, eh?
Palmiro Pangloss

Palmiro Pangloss ha scritto:
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Beh, è stato il primo dei leader mondiali a dirlo apertamente.
Riot, l'elitista ademocratico

 Beh, è stato il primo dei leader mondiali a dirlo apertamente.
Davvero? M'e' parso che anche altri abbiano chiesto la fine degli
attacchi di HA e il disarmo degli stessi.
Palmiro Pangloss

 attacchi di HA e il disarmo degli stessi.
Te la metto giů veloce visto che ora ho poco tempo.
Gli altri: "Israele ha attaccato in risposta al rapimento degli ostaggi 
e comunque gli Hezbollah sono degli stronzi e vanno disarmati"
Putin: "Quella degli ostaggi č stata solo una scusa, i veri obiettivi 
sono altri."
Uno č un tono condiscendente, l'altro molto meno. Poi siamo nel campo 
della diplomazia ed č ovvio che si parli di sfumature.
Riot, l'elitista ademocratico

 Poi siamo nel campo  della diplomazia ed è ovvio che si parli di sfumature.
Ora non ne sono piu' cereto, ma mi pare di aver letto dichiarazioni
analoghe a quella putiniana gia' negli scorsi giorni.
Palmiro Pangloss