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Geschrieben von Karma WD am 28. Dezember 2000 06:52:14:

Hallo an alle!

Habe mich bis jetzt nur passiv an diesem Forum beteiligt, doch folgender Text
hat mich doch so beunruhigt, dass ich aktiv einsteigen werde:


Russia plans new security alliance to counter NATO

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, December 18, 2000
MOSCOW — As President-elect Bush assembles his foreign policy team, Russia
is planning a new security bloc including allies in the Middle East and Far
East that would include Iran.

The goal, officials said, would be to counter NATO's growing influence.

The alliance would include other friends of Moscow such as China and India
and develop a security regime that would extend from Europe through the
Middle East until the Sea of Japan. Iran and Russia already cooperate in
Central Asia and in Afghanistan.

The expanded alliance has been promoted in Russia's parliament, where
members are pressing for increasing defense relations with Iran, Middle
East Newsline reported. State Duma Defense Committee chairman Andrei Nikolayev
called for the convening of a meeting attended by Russia, China, India and
Iran.

Nikolayev met last week with visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali
Ahani in Moscow, who is arranging a visit by Iranian President Mohammed
Khatami to Russia. Ahani obtained pledges from Russia that it would resist
U.S. pressure to prevent the resumption of arms sales to Iran.

Russian officials said both Teheran and Moscow do not want the United
States to extend its influence in Central Asia. They envision a scenario where
countries such as Azerbaijan would deploy its navy in the Caspian Sea, the
border for five states.

For his part, Ahani expressed his opposition to an Azeri presence in the
Caspian. Azerbaijan would be the supplier of oil and natural gas in a
U.S.-proposed pipeline from Baku to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

"It is necessary to demilitarize the region gradually and start with
reducing the existing navies," Nikolayev said. "In the second phase, we
should eliminate naval forces possessing missile weaponry, torpedoes, mines
and underwater weapons."

The Iranian official agreed and said NATO threatens Russia Iran and India.
He called for a meeting with Russia and such former Soviet republics as
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to discuss security in the Caspian region.
He said that in the second stage Turkey should be invited.

Last week, a Russian diplomatic delegation held talks in Teheran on such
topics as a nuclear free zone in the Middle East and nuclear
non-proliferation. Russian officials said Moscow and Teheran reaffirmed
their commitment to international nonproliferation accords.

lg
Karma WD

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