В.Путин.Заседание Совета Безопасности.20.06.06.Part 4

Security Council Meeting Devoted to Measures to Implement the Annual Address to the Federal Assembly.Part 4
June 20,2006
The Kremlin,Moscow

Заседание Совета Безопасности, посвященном мерам по реализации Послания Федеральному Собранию
20 июня 2006 года
Москва,Кремль

Finally, one last important issue consists in personnel for the army and the navy. I believe that in view of the difficult demographic situation we must start allocating the positions of sergeants, master sergeants and above-water craft crews on a contractual basis. At the same time we must continue improving our draft system.

It is extremely important to pay special attention to the system of preparation for service in the Armed Forces prior to conscription and the military and patriotic education of Russian youth. Certainly, the tasks that lie before us can not be solved by any department. Both regional and local authorities and, of course, public organisations should engage in this work.

And finally we must provide convincing answers to all modern challenges, such as measures to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We must precisely determine Russias interests in the fields of nuclear, biological and chemical disarmament, and prevent an arms race in outer space. I talked about this in sufficient detail in the Address.

Now, before passing to the reports, I would like to say in conclusion that since the beginning of the 1990s, throughout the 1990s, and right up until today we have basically been engaged in filling holes and ensuring our survival. We now have the opportunity to look at tomorrow and to create a long-term strategy to ensure that the country develops in all crucial areas.

Please, who will go first? Mikhail Efimovich, please go ahead.

PRIME MINISTER MIKHAIL FRADKOV: Thank you!

Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich!

Dear Security Council members!

Colleagues!

I shall try to avoid mentioning numbers in my speech. The figures that Vladimir Vladimirovich just mentioned in his opening address were an eloquent introduction to the situation. And now I believe that we need not go into more depth on this issue, but rather evaluate the situation to determine what we need to do and how we can overcome this technological lag in the shortest possible time.

To start off I would like to emphasize that this issue is being examined by the Security Council quickly enough and as dictated by todays realities: we must act in a strong and purposeful way to accomplish the complicated tasks associated with Russias technological modernisation.

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