Cooked in front of the enemy

Representatives of the Republican Party of the United States accused President Barack Obama of betraying national interests. As Gazeta.ru reports, the reason for this was the conversation of Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev accidentally heard by journalists at a summit in Seoul. Prior to the conference, Obama and Medvedev discussed the problem of placing missile defense facilities in Europe, not knowing that one of the microphones was included.

“These are my last elections. After them, I will have a more significant space for maneuver,” the US President said, referring to his Russian colleague. Dmitry Medvedev replied: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir." According to Obama, after the elections, he "will have more flexibility" in the future discussion of the missile defense.

After the screening of the US president, candidates for the post of head of the American state participating in the primaries of the Republican Party made criticism. In an interview with CNN, the ex-governor Massachusetts and one of the possible candidates for the presidency of the Republicans Mitt Romnie said that he considers it “very alarming” that the US president was contracting about something with Moscow, “hiding this from the American people before the elections.” Romni called Russia "number one by geopolitical enemy" for the United States.

The ex-governor repeated that Russia supports the "worst in the world" regimes, and cited the situation in Syria as an example. "This country stands on the same side with the worst world players and, of course, poses the most significant threat of the United States. Nuclear DPRK and Iran are also quite problematic, but these terrible regimes follow their course, and we go to the UN to stop them. When the Syrian president, for example, kills his own citizens, we go to the UN, and who always stands out of these worst in the world? With the support of China, ”Romny said.

Obama himself at the summit said that by 2013 Moscow and Washington have reached progress in resolving the problem in Europe. "Over the next 9-10 months, experts will work on technical aspects of the pro, which is the main cause of our friction. It will be possible to achieve progress by 2013 if technical issues are resolved," Obama RIA Novosti quotes.

According to Obama, at the moment it is very difficult to resolve these issues, since after a few months the US election will be held in the United States, and in Russia they have already been held and there is a transition period. ”

Source: facets