| Topic: | Putin visit "premature and inappropriate" 2000 | |
| Posted by: | David Ainsworth | |
| Date/Time: | 25/07/24 11:11:00 |
| Jeremy Corbyn is certainly consistent. "Russia's new premier made a swift visit to the UK, where he met Prime Minister Tony Blair, British businessmen and attended a private audience with the Queen. Many people felt uncomfortable about Mr Putin's trip, as Russian troops continue their intense military campaign in Chechnya. Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn branded the visit "premature and inappropriate", while the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain accused the government of doing business with a man who had "blood on his hands". However Tony Blair insisted that he intended to register UK concern over Chechnya "clearly and frankly" with the Russian leader." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/716427.stm ------------------------------------------------- "UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has praised Russia's acting President Vladimir Putin as an impressive man with a clear vision of what he wants to achieve in his country. He was speaking on his way back to London after talks with Mr Putin in Russia which focused on the war in Chechnya. He was highly intelligent and with a focused view of what he wants to achieve in Russia Tony Blair Mr Blair said he regards Mr Putin, the favourite in this month's election to find a successor to Boris Yelstin, as a quick learner with a strong sense of Russia's place in the world. "He was highly intelligent and with a focused view of what he wants to achieve in Russia," Mr Blair told the BBC. He said he believes Mr Putin wants to modernise the Russian economy and open up Russia for investment. In his talks with Mr Blair, Mr Putin indicated that he wished to encourage British expertise and investment, particularly in developing Russian oil and gas resources and in aerospace projects. Mr Blair and his wife Cherie spent a day in St Petersburg as guests of Mr Putin, rounding off their visit on Saturday night with a visit to a production of Sergei Prokofiev's War and Peace, a stirring tale of Russian resistance in wartime. Stengthening ties The UK prime minister was the first western leader to meet the former KGB man since he came to office. One of Mr Blair's main aims on the visit was to "renew and strengthen" Britain's ties with Russia. Mr Blair said he was convinced that Mr Putin would open up access to Chechnya for international bodies seeking to provide relief and to investigate claims of atrocities. The West believes Russia is using disproportionate force and killing civilians in its campaign against Chechen separatists. But Western leaders have been anxious to temper their criticism to avoid alienating the new Russian leader. Mr Putin said Russia was willing to let the Organization for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE) or the Council of Europe play a role in Chechnya, without specifying what such organisations would do, according to Interfax news agency. But the acting president reiterated his staunch defence of the military offensive there." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/674480.stm Hmmm? "Mr Blair said he was convinced that Mr Putin would open up access to Chechnya for international bodies seeking to provide relief and to investigate claims of atrocities." Didn't Mr Blair have confidence in our own security services then? So different 3 years later when we were misled into a disastrous war. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| 7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 11:51:00 | Andy Pike |
| Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 12:05:00 | John Kettlekey |
| Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 12:07:00 | Michael Brigo |
| Re:Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 12:34:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 12:29:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Reply | 24/07/24 12:40:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 24/07/24 12:54:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Reply | 24/07/24 13:49:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 24/07/24 16:25:00 | Robert Wheeler |
| Re:Re:Reply | 24/07/24 18:03:00 | Gerry Boyce |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/07/24 09:12:00 | John Kettlekey |
| Re:Reply | 24/07/24 17:59:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Reply | 25/07/24 11:23:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/07/24 12:51:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Reply | 24/07/24 18:22:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Reply | 24/07/24 20:21:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Reply | 24/07/24 20:28:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Reply | 24/07/24 21:59:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 20:48:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 21:52:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 24/07/24 21:55:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Reply | 24/07/24 22:08:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 24/07/24 22:26:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Re:Re:Reply | 24/07/24 23:53:00 | Steven Rose |
| 38,000 gone | 25/07/24 10:00:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:38,000 gone | 25/07/24 11:47:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:38,000 gone | 25/07/24 13:55:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:38,000 gone | 26/07/24 14:19:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:38,000 gone | 26/07/24 15:40:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Would you buy a used car ... ? | 25/07/24 10:14:00 | David Ainsworth |
| 41 For, 195? Against | 25/07/24 10:39:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Putin visit "premature and inappropriate" 2000 | 25/07/24 11:11:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Reply | 25/07/24 00:15:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 25/07/24 11:57:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reply | 25/07/24 12:35:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/07/24 12:48:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Reply | 25/07/24 15:39:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 26/07/24 14:33:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 26/07/24 15:18:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Oh time is a great healer, or not. | 26/07/24 15:32:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Oh time is a great healer, or not. | 26/07/24 15:36:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Oh time is a great healer, or not. | 26/07/24 15:49:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Oh time is a great healer, or not. | 27/07/24 11:07:00 | John Hawkes |
| Reply | 25/07/24 12:28:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 25/07/24 14:05:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Reply | 25/07/24 15:00:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Pre-emptive strike then? | 25/07/24 14:52:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Pre-emptive strike then? | 26/07/24 18:43:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Hole-digging stop | 26/07/24 18:45:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 26/07/24 16:07:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 26/07/24 16:58:00 | John Kettlekey |
| Re:Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 26/07/24 17:44:00 | Robert Wheeler |
| Re:Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 26/07/24 20:23:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 27/07/24 11:50:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:7 Labour MPs have whip rempved | 27/07/24 12:11:00 | John Kettlekey |
| Subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich | 27/07/24 12:28:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich | 27/07/24 13:36:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich | 27/07/24 13:53:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:Subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich | 27/07/24 14:35:00 | Steven Rose |
| Reply | 27/07/24 14:52:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 27/07/24 16:06:00 | Steven Rose |
| Reply | 27/07/24 16:59:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich | 27/07/24 16:17:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich | 27/07/24 19:33:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Reply | 27/07/24 19:51:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Re:Reply | 27/07/24 20:04:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Reply | 28/07/24 11:06:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Envy and/or an unwillingness to recognise that 'life just ain't fair' | 27/07/24 20:01:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Envy and/or an unwillingness to recognise that 'life just ain't fair' | 28/07/24 12:11:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Envy and/or an unwillingness to recognise that 'life just ain't fair' | 28/07/24 17:33:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reeves Caving In To The Unions Already? | 28/07/24 22:00:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Re:Re:Re:Envy and/or an unwillingness to recognise that 'life just ain't fair' | 29/07/24 12:28:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Envy and/or an unwillingness to recognise that 'life just ain't fair' | 30/07/24 10:04:00 | Philippa Bond |