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Clinton says U.S. sees Russia as "great power"
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 26 - 07 - 2009


Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton said on Sunday the United States viewed Russia as a
"great power," tempering critical remarks about Moscow by U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden, Reuters reported.
In an interview in the Wall Street Journal this weekend,
Biden spoke of Russia's "shrinking population base" and said it
had a "withering economy" that would push it to make deals on
nuclear arms reductions.
He gave the interview after visiting Ukraine and Georgia
where he reiterated U.S. support for the two former Soviet
republics at loggerheads with Moscow.
Asked about Biden's comments as the Obama administration
seeks to improve ties with Moscow, Clinton said the United
States wanted a strong, peaceful and prosperous Russia.
"There is an enormous amount of hard work being done and we
view Russia as a great power. Now every country faces
challenges. We have our challenges, Russia faces their
challenges," she said.
In her first meeting with Russia's foreign minister earlier
this year, Clinton symbolically hit a reset button with him to
stress U.S. determination to turn around a relationship that
soured during the Bush administration.
"We wanted to reset our relationship with Russia. We know
that that is not easily done. It takes time, it takes trust
building," she said.
While praising Russia for its help in curbing the nuclear
ambitions of both North Korea and Iran, Clinton repeated
criticism leveled by Biden that Moscow could not impose its
will on former Soviet states such as Ukraine and Georgia.
"That is an attitude and a policy that we reject. We also
are making it very clear that any nation in Eastern Europe that
used to be part of the Soviet Union has a right ... to choose
whatever alliance they want to join," she said.
Russia, which has said it was perplexed by Biden's
comments, strongly opposes bids by former Soviet states Ukraine
and Georgia to join the NATO military alliance.
"If Ukraine and Georgia some day are eligible to join NATO,
that should be up to them," said Clinton.


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