Medvedev like an alibi for a sarcose

The visit of Dmitry Medvedv to France began with a meeting in the Champs Elysees with Nicolas Sarkozy, and the main result of the first day can be considered the signing of the protocol agreement by the French company Gaza de France Suez about its entry into the North Stream project. Today, the presidents of Russia and France will open the Holy Rus' exhibition in the Louvre.

This is the first visit by Dmitry Medvedev to France as the President of Russia, and experts are actively discussing the issue of what both parties should be waiting for from this visit. The journalist of the Le Monde newspaper Natalie Nugayird believes that the strategy of Nicolas Sarkozy is to establish a rather close relationship with Dmitry Medvedev:

- We can talk about a number of reasons. Firstly, in order to achieve cooperation with Russia in the Iranian "nuclear dossier" - this is a very important question for the Champs Elysees. After all, now the British, Americans and French are trying to achieve the adoption of a new UN resolution, which provides for sanctions against Iran. And in this situation, it is very important to enlist in the consent of Russia, then it will be easier to achieve consent or at least the non -interference of China.

Secondly, Sarkozy wants to establish special relations with Medvedev because there is a competition between France and Germany in the field of relations with Russia. And France greatly loses to Germany both in terms of investment and the number of agreements on economic cooperation. France wants to use its advantages, in particular, by cooperation in the military sector and in the field of security. Therefore, the background of this visit is the question of the sale of Russia by the Mistral warship. This issue causes significant friction between France and some European allies.

Meanwhile, many local journalists notice that the French authorities are obviously easier to build positive relations with Dmitry Medvedov than with his predecessor. For Nicolas Sarkozy, notes Natalie Nugayred , such a statement of the question is extremely convenient and necessary, it gives him a kind of alibi:

- The fact is that during his pre -election campaign, three years ago, Sarkozy said that Putin Russia is responsible for 200,000 deaths during the war in Chechnya, that in Putin Russia the murder of journalists continues and that France never exchanges the protection of democratic rights to commercial contracts. And now, in order to develop relations with Russia, Sarkozy is forced to pretend that he is not working with Putin, whom he criticized so much, but with someone else. Medvedev is a successful find for him. The fact that now in Russia is the appearance of dual power allows him to emphasize his special relationship with Dmitry Medvedev, and not with Vladimir Putin.