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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia 'disappointed' by Obama cancelling Putin meeting: Kremlin
Russia 'disappointed' by Obama cancelling Putin meeting: Kremlin
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to cancel a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is disappointing, but he is still welcome in Russia, a top Kremlin foreign policy aide said on Wednesday.
"We are disappointed by the U.S. administration's decision to cancel the visit of President Obama to Moscow planned in early September," Putin's foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters.
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Ushakov said the rift over Snowden between the Cold War-era foes showed Washington was not treating Russia as an equal partner and reiterated Moscow's stance that it could not hand the 30-year-old over because Russia and the United States had no bilateral extradition agreement.
"Throughout the years the Americans avoided signing an extradition agreement (with Russia) and constantly refused our requests to extradite individuals who committed crimes in Russia, referring to the lack of such agreement," he said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/us-usa-security-obama-putin-kremlin-idUSBRE9760S020130807
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to cancel a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is disappointing, but he is still welcome in Russia, a top Kremlin foreign policy aide said on Wednesday.
"We are disappointed by the U.S. administration's decision to cancel the visit of President Obama to Moscow planned in early September," Putin's foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters.
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Ushakov said the rift over Snowden between the Cold War-era foes showed Washington was not treating Russia as an equal partner and reiterated Moscow's stance that it could not hand the 30-year-old over because Russia and the United States had no bilateral extradition agreement.
"Throughout the years the Americans avoided signing an extradition agreement (with Russia) and constantly refused our requests to extradite individuals who committed crimes in Russia, referring to the lack of such agreement," he said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/us-usa-security-obama-putin-kremlin-idUSBRE9760S020130807
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Russia 'disappointed' by Obama cancelling Putin meeting: Kremlin (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2013
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Pissing contest diplomacy. They probably won't send each other Valentines Day cards.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2013
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)2. Pissing contest diplomacy. They probably won't send each other Valentines Day cards.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)3. Putin has been a thorn in our side, especially in Syria
About time the US started to stop pretending to negotiate with Putin.
Why bother even trying, it never results in any compromise or any real negotiation.
Putin likes to create an image that he is standing up against the US.
OK, so why hasn't Obama learned the same lesson with Republicans?