Obama says Putin lives partly in past
"One foot
in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new."
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 7/2/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is describing Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as someone who still has "one foot
in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new."
He says one reason he's meeting with Putin - as well as with
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
during his upcoming visit to Moscow is that he wants Putin to know
that "the old Cold War approaches" to relations with the United
States are "outdated."
Obama says Putin "still has sway" in Russia.
He also says the U.S. is developing a "very good relationship"
with Medvedev, and that he's looking for gains in nuclear arms
reduction.
During an Associated Press interview Thursday, Obama rejected
the idea that Russia is an obstacle in confronting North Korea and
Iran. He said there's been "good cooperation" in dealing with
those two countries.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 7/2/2009
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