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Russia and the USA must have only friendly relations · 2008-11-12 15:20
Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi urged America's President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to focus on improving ties with Russia.
Silvio Berlusconi, who developed strong personal ties with Russia’s former president and current prime minister, Vladimir Putin, said Russia and the United States must have only friendly relations. He offered his help in restoring the ties that have plunged to a Cold War low over a host of issues in recent years.
"Obama is in a difficult situation. He will face a host of domestic and foreign policy problems, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East. But I believe the best possible advice he can receive is to end the current standoff between his country and Russia," ANSA quoted Berlusconi as saying.
Relations between Moscow and Washington have been strained most recently over the latter’s plans to place missile defenses in Central Europe, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and a brief conflict in August between Russia and U.S. ally Georgia over breakaway South Ossetia.
Democrat Barack Obama has pledged to listen more to the country’s traditional European allies, and pursue diplomatic options in dealing with Iran and other "rogue" states.
He also opposed his Republican rival John McCain’s call for Russia to be ousted from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations after its war with Georgia in August, but condemned Russia’s use of force against the Caucasus state, RIA Novosti informs.
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