Geo-Delphos

La Administración de EEUU, en un comunicado oficial publicado recientemente, informó sobre la imposición de sanciones a la empresa rusa Rosoboronexport, principal exportadora de armamento, y a otras doce compañías de ocho países.

Las sanciones fueron impuestas para un término de dos años, conforme a la ley estadounidense intitulada “Acta de no proliferación hacia Irán, Corea del Norte y Siria”.

Además de Rosoboronexport y sus compañías subsidiarias, aparecen en la “lista negra” empresas de Venezuela, Siria, Irán, China, Corea del Norte, Corea del Sur, Sudán y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.

EEUU acusa a las compañías mencionadas de “desarrollar las actividades”, relacionadas con los suministros a Irán, Siria o Corea del Norte de los “equipos y tecnologías susceptibles a ser utilizados en la creación de las armas de destrucción masiva o misiles balísticos y de crucero”.[/lang_es] (más…)

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En su primer mensaje a la Asamblea Federal (Parlamento), el Presidente de Rusia Dmitri Medvédev señalo que La Federación Rusa choca los últimos años con amenazas y retos como la edificación del sistema global de defensa antimisiles, el surgimiento de bases militares en su perímetro, una desenfrenada ampliación de la OTAN y con otros “obsequios”. No permitiremos que nos arrastren a la carrera armamentista, pero al mismo tiempo no podemos menos que considerar este factor en nuestra política de defensa”, declaró Medvédev, subrayando que “la seguridad de los ciudadanos de Rusia será garantizada”.

El conflicto en el Cáucaso fue utilizado como pretexto para emplazar buques de guerra de la OTAN en el mar Negro y su vez para reforzar la imposición a Europa del sistema de defensa antimisiles estadounidense, lo que conducirá a respuestas por parte de Rusia, señalo Medvédev.[/lang_es][lang_en]

The Russian President Mr. Dmitri Medvédev said in his first address to the Federal Assembly (parliament) “During the last years The Russian Federation collide against threats and challenges like the anti missile defense global system deployment, the growth of military bases on his perimeter, a frenetic increase of NATO and other “Gifts”. We will not permit to be dragged into an arms race, however we must consider this fact in our defense policy”.  He also pointed out that “ The Russian security will be guaranteed”

“The conflict in the Caucasus was used as a pretext to send NATO warships to the Black Sea and then to quickly thrust on Europe the need for deploying the U.S. anti-missile system,” replied Medvédev. 

The Russian President also announced that Russia will install “Iskander” Rockets in the province of Kaliningrad, Russian enclave over the Baltic Ocean which limits with Poland . To counter the U.S. anti missile defense shield in Europe Medvédev also said that Russia will use all the radioelectronic tools to neutralize from Kaliningrad, the new elements of the U.S. anti missile defense system deployed in Europe.

Washington and Warsaw sealed last 20 of August 2008 an agreement for a 10 interceptor missiles deployment in Poland. A few weeks before the U.S. had signed with the Czech Republic a similar agreement to install a radar in its territory.

“The news of the U.S. presidential election results shows that we can all hope for fresh approaches from the U.S. on all the most complex of issues, including foreign policy and relations with Russia,” Grigory Karasin Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

Denis McDonough Obama’ Campaign’s Foreign Policy Coordinator and Spokesman denied the Lech Kaczynski, Poland President´s version which states that  during a telephone conversation the new U.S. president has got a commitment to continue with the current plan of the president George W. Bush in terms to build an anti missile defense system in Poland.

Obama, during his electoral campaign said that he wants to review the Anti Missile Defense System Project for Central Europe in terms to make sure that it will be effective and it will not have Russia as an objective.

Nevertheless, some analysts said that it seems that Senador Obama - the one who was expected as inclined to change - will continue with Bush tendency based on a realistic and continuistic inspiration. This due to his progressive evolution from very radicals postures and in some cases less realistic to closer positions to the U.S. national and vital interests defense line.

The Russian decision of installing missiles in the Poland frontier, threatening directly Europe, must move the U.S. government to rethink its posture about the decision of maintain the anti missile shield. This is a relevant matter which will incide in the U.S.- Russian relations.

What is desirable is that both nations should have cooperation and not conflict relations, but what should happen to do that? The first step must be given by one country and there is no doubt that this step will leave it in a position of weakness. However the reality has demonstrated that the ghosts of the cold war are still alive affecting the relations and strategies.

The new administration is facing a new strategic vision because  the current priority is focused to the financial crisis and a possible recession and the public opinion is concern about it. However the long term U.S. foreign policy is facing big challenges as the climate change and the no proliferation which are fostered by a decreasing in economic growth and the global financial problems. It will be necessary to observe the geopolitical consequences and the impact of the international security crisis. Russia is waiting to negotiate from a position of strength with the new administration, strongly defending its national interests. For this reason is important to be alert about the U.S.- Russian relations.

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Inesperadamente para muchos, Nicolás Sarkozy se solidarizó con Dmitri Medvédev en su propuesta de reformar el sistema de seguridad en Europa cuando ambos líderes pronunciaron discursos programáticos en la Conferencia de Política Mundial celebrada recientemente en la localidad francesa de Evian. Expertos señalan que los intereses de Rusia y la Unión Europea coinciden objetivamente, pero al mismo tiempo subrayan que la reunión no aportó respuestas concretas a problemas globales. Junto con la coincidencia de objetivos habría que agregar la dependencia de Europa a la energía proveniente de Rusia, variable que se convierte en estratégica al formular posturas en el escenario internacional.

El presidente de Rusia expuso en Evian cinco principios de un nuevo tratado de seguridad europea que ha de reemplazar al Acta Final de la Conferencia de Helsinki de 1975. Su discurso refleja la visión del Kremlin acerca del  mundo multipolar: ningún Estado tiene derechos exclusivos para mantener la seguridad en Europa; y, cuantos comparten esta tarea, deberían rehusar la participación en alianzas militares que amenazan a otros, así como renunciar al uso de conflictos armados como método para solucionar problemas.[/lang_es] (más…)

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China denunció la decisión del gobierno de Estados Unidos para vender a Taiwan armas con un valor aproximado de 6 mil 500 millones de dólares americanos.

El vocero del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Liu Jianchao, dijo que el gobierno y el pueblo de China se oponen con firmeza a esta acción que daña seriamente los intereses de China y las relaciones entre China y Estados Unidos. “Advertimos severamente a Estados Unidos que solamente hay una China en el mundo, y que Taiwan es parte de China“, afirmó Liu.

A pesar de las insistentes protestas de China, el gobierno estadounidense notificó al Congreso sobre su plan para vender armas a Taiwan, incluyendo el sistema antimisiles Patriot III, el sistema moderno de advertencia temprana aérea E-2T, helicópteros Apache y otros equipos.[/lang_es][lang_en]

China has demanded that the U.S. cancel a US$6.5 billion arms sale to Taiwan.Liu Jianchao the Deputy-Director General of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China said “The Chinese government and the Chinese people strongly oppose and object to the U.S. government’s actions, which harm Chinese interests and Sino-U.S. relations,” “We firmly warn the US that there is only one China in the world and that Taiwan is a part of China,” Liu said.

Inspite of the emergent riots of China, the U.S. government inform to the Congress about its plan to selling weapons to Taiwan, including the Patriot III Anti Missile System, the most modern E-2T early warning system, Apache Helicopters and other equipments.

China called the United States to recognize that this action had compromised the interests and the Chinese Sino American relations seriously, it has said, adding: “The United States must hold their commitment towards the politics of only one China, to respect the three conjoined releases between China and the United States, and must oppose the supposed independence of Taiwan. “ declared Liu.

Let us remember that in the historical meeting between the First Minister of China Wen Jiabao and the U.S. President George W. Bush - 9 of December 2003. Bush became the first president in express the U.S opposition to Taiwan´s independence. This statement has anything to do with the arms selling to Taiwan recently announced. That is the reason of China´s demand.

In another front of the conflict the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said “Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Venezuela is transparent and performed in accordance with international norms,”. While media reports were saying that the Russian-Venezuelan cooperation were being refocused to the U.S. Lavrov said “ I recommend that CNN should stop inventing attacks against  the U.S. and it should search how the attack against South Ossetia and Russia were prepared. Let us remember that last 26 of August the Russian President Dmitri Medvédev signed a decree on recognizing Georgia’s two separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. Both regions proclaimed its independences from Georgia in 1992.

Russia States that an attack against the peacekeepers of a country is considered by the international right as an attack against the country. Moscow is concerned by the gravity of the Caucasus situation.

The U.S. declared that it will continue supporting the georgian people, its democracy its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

As we can see the U.S. interests challenge China in Taiwan and Russia in the Caucasus. They are  fighting by strategic regions where conflicts could arise.

China and Russia need to strengthen bonds to guarantee its own security. Russia see the Chinese giant as a possible threat for its eastern borders and China considers that a revitalized Russia could be a serious enemy in Asia.

The three nuclear powers are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and therefore they are playing an important role in the crisis and global security conflicts, including the main efforts for controlling nuclear programs in Iraq and North Korea.

The new world order and the destiny of humanity needs that China, U.S., and Russia sign an agreement to stabilize international relations and secure world peace, moreover if the possibility of a conflict exist, which could end in the real and definitive world war “ The nuclear war”

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