Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [To place matters in perspective, try to imagine the US and NATO response if Chechnyan separatists, implicated in the bombing deaths of several hundred civilians in the very heart of Russia, were suspected of receiving support from an ally in Mexico; then envision Russia sending war planes and special forces personnel to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua - without first seeking the authorization of either the United Nations or the Organization of American States - preparatory to a unilateral operation against the US's southern neighbor.] Putin Consults With Central Asian Leaders As U.S. Strikes Loom MOSCOW, Sep 24, 2001 -- (dpa) Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone consultations Sunday with the leaders of the former Soviet Central Asian states as U.S. punitive strikes loomed in Afghanistan. Putin spoke during a short working vacation in the Black Sea resort of Sochi with the presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, Interfax news agency reported. His foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko said the calls concerned "coordination of our actions connected with events in and around the region". On Saturday, Russia's national security council secretary Vladimir Rushailo returned from Central Asia after a series of secret consultations in the republics. He briefed Putin and Russia's security and defense chiefs at a four-hour meeting in Sochi, after which Putin held telephone consultations with U.S. President George W. Bush. No details of the meetings and talks were released. Russia has given its support to U.S. military action against terrorist centers in Afghanistan but does not agree with use of the Central Asian states' territory or air space for strikes. (C)2001. dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
