Press Conference following the end of the G8 Summit.Part 1
June 8, 2007
Heiligendamm
Пресс-конференция по завершении встречи глав государств и правительств «Группы восьми».Part 1
8 июня 2007 года
Хайлигендамм
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to thank our German friends and colleagues, and thank Ms Merkel for organising our work and for the atmosphere that she succeeded in creating during our time together over these last two days. She was the only woman in a large group of men and she had the task of heading this groups work, of directing these men from different continents, men of different races, views and convictions. I think that she did a very good job and was very successful indeed.
The result can be seen in the agreements reached. As you know, we discussed a wide variety of subjects. Global economic development was the first subject of discussion, and our talks in this area were very positive. I must say that the Russian Federation is making an ever greater contribution to this process. As you know, our economy is growing at an average rate of around 7 percent a year and grew by 7.7 percent over the first four months of this year. Real incomes increased by close to 19 percent over the first four months of this year. We had total capital inflow of $41 billion last year and have already received $60 billion over the first five months of this year. We now have the worlds third largest gold and currency reserves and investment is growing in both relative and absolute figures.
Some matters are coming in for close scrutiny from the experts. One such issue is the disproportion we are observing between countries running a deficit these are primarily economically developed countries and countries where reserves are growing, one of which is Russia. This is not a matter for great concern at this point and the experts have yet to work out how this situation will develop. We gave a lot of attention to the issue of climate change, and I would once again like to congratulate the Federal Chancellor, for despite the complexity of the discussions on this subject, it seems to me that we have agreed on the main points.
For a start, we have agreed to observe the provisions set out in the Kyoto Protocol at least, the countries that have signed and ratified this protocol will do so, and the Russian Federation, as you know, is one of these countries. Of course, we are all worried about what will happen after 2012, but I think that we have achieved the most important step, that of involving all countries in the discussion, all the main polluters, as was said so often during the summit, that is, all of the industrialised countries and some of the developing countries, whose economic growth obliges us to think about how to make them a part of this process, and also how to involve as strong and large an economy as that of the United States. Our discussions resulted in an agreement that discussions on this issue will continue through the United Nations and that all the different partners concerned will be involved.
Related to this subject, we also discussed the energy sector, of course, looking at energy conservation and fair distribution of resources. As you know, Russia also makes a substantial positive contribution in this area. We talked about education and about fighting disease. We held a substantial and positive discussion with our colleagues from African countries. This was one of the German presidencys initiatives. I think that the proposals set out in the agreements reached are very positive, especially the principles that have been drawn up for financing small projects in Africa and some of the other agreements reached during our work together.
All of this gives me reason to say that the summit was a great success, and I would once again like to congratulate our German friends on this achievement. Furthermore, our formal and informal time together gave us the opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with colleagues and discuss bilateral relations. I had meetings with the President of the United States, with the British Prime Minister, with my Brazilian counterpart, and I had the chance to talk with the UN Secretary General and with practically all the summit participants. The summit provided a unique occasion for meetings of this kind.
I would like to express my thanks once more and say that I hope all of our agreements will be implemented.
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