Д.Медведев.Ангела Меркель.Пресс-конференция.14.08.09.Part 1

Beginning of Meeting with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.Part 1
August 14, 2009
Sochi

Совместная пресс-конференция с Федеральным канцлером Германии Ангелой Меркель по итогам российско-германских переговоров.
14 августа 2009 года
Сочи

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ms Federal Chancellor, dear Angela, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to Sochi.

This is our third meeting this year. This is a fine venue for our meeting, and I think we will have the opportunity of discussing all of the different issues of concern to our countries.

This is not an easy time. Various changes are taking place on the market. But I want to start our talks with a piece of positive news that I was very pleased to learn today, namely, that the German economy is now on the rebound. This is without question the result of the consistent action taken by the German Government.

We are also working hard on getting our economy out of recession, and we have already achieved some results. I think that we need to reflect on how to build up our bilateral strategic and economic ties in such a way as to help our economies, and thus our peoples, recover from the consequences of this serious global crisis and emerge stronger and better prepared than ever.

Of course, I also propose that we discuss international and regional issues, and simply take a walk and discuss current matters.

Welcome!

FEDERAL CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY ANGELA MERKEL (as translated into Russian): Thank you very much for the welcome. We saw each other recently in Munich and held very intensive talks. I am pleased to have this chance to meet again today. I think the economic situation will naturally be one of the subjects on our agenda.

We were very pleased to hear yesterday that the German economy is slowly starting to grow again. I believe that we should make use of the opportunities the crisis offers to develop German-Russian economic relations.

Of course, we will also discuss preparations for international events the G20 summit, examine international issues, the international situation, and discuss the economic situation in Russia.

I want to thank you for this chance to meet here, in such a pleasant environment, in summertime Sochi. Thank you once more for the very warm welcome.

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I would like to begin with some remarks. Recently, my colleague Ms Federal Chancellor and I met in Munich. Now, I am very happy to welcome Ms Angela Merkel to Russia. We just had some good, productive, sincere, and very extensive discussions on a wide variety of issues.

I will not try to anticipate your questions, but I will tell you that naturally, among other things, we spoke about ensuring security both globally and within Europe; we also spoke about the need to consolidate out efforts in overcoming the global financial crisis. Indeed, recently, we have seen some reassuring signs and we began todays talks with this topic which is no doubt pleasant to talk about, although I think that we shouldnt get too caught up in being content; we must implement all the measures we agreed on in Washington and in London, as well as ones that we will discuss in Pittsburgh.

We consulted on many other very complicated situations. Of course, these included nuclear programme in Iran, as well as other problematic regions, such as North Korea. It is imperative that we continue cooperating with regard to the situation in Afghanistan. All these are examples of our very close cooperation with our German partners and with other European countries as well as the United States. That is why I feel that it is natural for these kinds of issues to come up as subjects of discussion during such meetings at the highest level.

I think that we will need to continue our consultations on economic issues and make sound preparations for Pittsburgh summit. I would like to reiterate that in my view we have been able to make some accomplishments. Russia supported and continues to support many initiatives, including the German initiative regarding an Economic Charter which in our opinion is a promising idea that can serve as the grounds for further moves. All of this is a foundation on whose basis we could advance.

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[MAXAONICH]

как в масштабах планеты, так и в масштабах... вселенной.

[dmelkumo]

metalolom

[colobocspb]

А зачем нам Опель то?