Obama & Putin: from critics to friends?

07 July, 2009, 23:19 During his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Putin, President Obama promised to take Russias opinion about the status of the post-Soviet space into account, as well as to consider Russias concerns on missile defense. US President Obama and Russias Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who were meeting on Tuesday at Putins residence outside Moscow, discussed the former Soviet republics, including Georgia and Ukraine. The meeting took place in a traditional Russian setting and included a samovar tea-drinking ceremony. Obama made it clear he would take into account Russia's opinion on the situation in Georgia, Ukraine and the CIS as a whole. Georgia was discussed, Ukraine was discussed and the former Soviet Union as a whole. The US president promised to take the specifics of our relations with these countries into account, Russian government office deputy head Yury Ushakov said at a briefing following the talks. According to Ushakov, Obama also pledged to consider Russias missile defense concerns. Obama said Russias concerns would be given more consideration when discussing missile defense plans, the Russian government office deputy head told the journalists. However, Obama didnt give Putin any concrete promises on the ABM issue. The ObamaPutin meeting lasted more than two hours instead of the planned 60-90 minutes. Despite previous comments from both sides pointing to a potentially strained meeting, Putin made it clear he had looked forward to his meeting ...



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