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Azeri Press Agency January 26, 2010 American analysts: Gabala RLS, which Moscow proposed to be used jointly to US, is still remaining on the agenda Isabel Levine Washington: “Azerbaijan is still on the agenda of US-Russia non-proliferation cooperation”, was noted at the Brookings Institution Discussion on “Shooting Up: Counterinsurgency and the War on Drugs”, in Washington DC, January 25. According to APA’s Washington correspondent, prominent American analysts participating in the discussion presented Azerbaijan as an “important element of US-Russian bilateral agenda”. “The United States is more interested in the security guarantees of energy supplies, which will pass through the South Caucasus”, said Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott. He mentioned that concerns about energy security and military security have led to renewed interest in civil nuclear power worldwide. The 30 nations with operating power plants may soon be joined by ten new nations that are either already building reactors (Iran) or have concrete plans to begin. “But the fact remains that the number of new nations already committed to civilian nuclear power raises concerns. The most important single issue is whether the new nations will choose to develop their own full-cycle nuclear programs — thereby spreading sensitive technologies and materials to new geographical regions, countries and corporate entities — or whether the proliferation danger can be reduced by radical international approaches to fuel cycle management”. Speaking of the region's security, the analyst stressed that the security of energy projects Azerbaijan participates in is very important. The participants of the discussions also touched upon anti-missile defense systems. According to them the Gabala RLS, which Moscow proposed to be used jointly to US, still remains on the agenda. .... The issue of US-Russia relations in the Caucasus was also discussed at another event, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) Discussion on “The United States, Russia, and the Future World Order” in Washington DC, Speakers included analysts Robert Kagan, John Ikenberry, Daniel Deudney, Stephen Sestanovich and Thomas Friedman and pointed out that as the Cold War was being ushered to a close, American and Russian leaders crafted a settlement with principles and arrangements intended to constitute a great-power peace as well as to extend the liberal international order. Today, the promise these arrangements once held now seems distant.... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
