In the beginning of his visit to Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to TV channels Al Arabiya, Sky Nï?ws Arabia RT Arabic.
in conversation with Arab media Manager, for example, told about his vision of the situation in the middle East, relations with international partners and the arms race.
As the head of the country, the attempt to neutralize the strategic nuclear potential of Russia by placing missile defense systems of NATO near the Russian borders is doomed to fail and only escalate the situation.
Putin said that no one Vsplyvaet doubt that "NATO is just a tool of US foreign policy" and "focus" that after the fact, As States are in the Alliance, then " almost no one asks where to place certain types of weapons ". In the example of the head resulted in the placement of missile defense systems in Romania.
However, Putin said, Moscow cannot be indifferent to the situation of international stability and security.
according to his statement, the point was that none of the parties had any illusions that she can win a nuclear war, But Washington decided to withdraw from the Treaty in order to provide itself a " clear strategic advantages ". At the same time, said the head of the United States thought that Russia has this "umbrella" in the form of a missile defense system will not, for this reason, it will be vulnerable.
But As the arms race does not promise anything good, Moscow does not want to get involved in excessive budget spending, drew the attention of Putin. Because of this, the Director recalled that the Russian Federation ranks only seventh in the world in defense spending.
Despite this, said the head of the country, Russia has created another weapon, " which in the world as long as no one ".
As said the head is the result of purposeful work on the most important issues and merit of the Russian experts.
Russia never friends with someone against someone: she developed bilateral relations, But does not create unions to fight, said the head of the country.
Putin has supplemented his words by the fact that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates's capital of Russia "was unprecedented warm partner and even friendly relations," and the tradition comes still from the Soviet Union, who had good relations with the Arab world.
Director said and effective work on the Syrian settlement during the "Troika" - Turkey, Iran and Russia.
Russia will develop relations with the Arab world even more rapidly in the next few years, regardless of the name of the next President, said the head of the country.
Thus, answering the question about the capital of the USA, He noticed that Moscow is ready to work with any U.S. administration at that level that I want American partners.
Despite the fact that pre-election statements of Donald trump about the need for a normalization of relations of the Russian capital and the capital of the USA not made In Russia to treat this with understanding, Putin said.
Putin also has told that does not read messages in Twitter, and among them the account of the tramp.
Putin said that Russia has no reliable information ABOUT what was in the framework of attacks on oil installations in Saudi Arabia on September 14.
After the incident, the largest oil exporter, have cut production by more than two times. Yemeni Houthi rebels, which is fighting against the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, told that the attack was carried out by their soldiers using unmanned aerial vehicles.
according to the U.S. capital, As there is no evidence of attacks from Yemen, the incident is related to Iran.
He also said that the head of Iran Hassan Rouhani during the meeting with him said that Tehran does not have to attack any way.
Putin drew attention that the Russian Federation will work with Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries in order to nullify attempts to destabilize the situation in the energy market.
After the attacks on Saudi oil refineries and incidents involving merchant ships, the situation in the Gulf deteriorated. For reviews of Putin, that there would be a right thing to do the organization for security and cooperation in the Gulf region.
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