Speech at Presentation by Foreign Ambassadors of their Letters of Credence.Part 2
May 29, 2009
The Kremlin, Moscow
Выступление на церемонии вручения верительных грамот послами иностранных государств.
29 мая 2009 года
Москва, Кремль
We hope for constructive dialogue with Latvia on the basis of mutual respect and real consideration of each others interests. We have rich experience of cooperation in a wide range of areas. This is a valuable asset, and we need to use it to build a climate of mutual understanding and good-neighbourliness in the Baltic region. The situation of our compatriots living in Latvia remains one of our priorities. We think that all European human rights standards should apply to them too, including the right to full and equal participation in the countrys political and public life.
I am happy to see the rapid development of our historically close and friendly relations with one of the European Unions leaders France. Our relations today take the form of a strategic partnership. I highly value the candid dialogue and regular working meetings with the French President. They enable us to work together effectively in global and European affairs, in security issues and conflict resolution. We want to encourage investment, mutual investment, and take our trade and economic cooperation to a completely new level, especially in the high-technology sectors. Next year, we will hold national years of each others culture, and these events will enrich our bilateral cultural ties.
We place great importance on expanding our cooperation with Brunei Darussalam. The visit by His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in October will give a big boost to our ties.
We welcome active cooperation with the Republic of Costa Rica, one of our promising partners in Central America.
Through our joint efforts we can guarantee and build on our traditionally friendly ties with Laos. We greatly value the steps the Laotian government is taking to promote the countrys social and economic development, and we wish you success in this work.
We seek a new quality in our mutually advantageous partnership with Japan. Constructive cooperation between Russia and Japan plays an important part in guaranteeing stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region. We will continue talks on a mutually acceptable solution to the peace treaty issue. But at the same time, we cannot ignore recent attempts by our Japanese partners to question Russias sovereignty over the Kuril Islands, using unilateral and unacceptable evaluations outside the legal framework. These kinds of attempts do not facilitate continued negotiations, and this is a matter that we should pay attention to. I hope that Tokyo will make a suitable response to the situation and draw the right conclusions.
We want to continue developing our mutually advantageous relations with the Republic of Sierra Leone. We welcome the end to the instability there and the readiness to focus now on restoring the countrys democratic institutions and economy.
Russia seeks to strengthen its ties with the Republic of Djibouti. I am sure that our cooperation will help to bolster peace and security in the Horn of Africa.
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that, together with your Russian partners, you will do everything you can to build up the friendship and partnership between our countries and peoples.
Thank you for your attention.
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