Vladimir Putin is set to become the first Russian president to visit Alaska, more than 150 years after Moscow sold the territory to the United States for $7.2 million. The visit is planned to coincide with a high-stakes summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, marking Putin’s eighth trip to America as Russian leader. From his first state visit in 2000 to tense exchanges with U.S. presidents over Iraq, Ukraine, missile defense, and Syria, Putin’s American visits have shaped decades of geopolitics. This historic Alaska meeting is expected to draw global attention amid heightened U.S.-Russia tensions.
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00:00Your Excellency, Mr. President, Your Excellency, Mr. Secretary-General,
00:10distinguished heads of state and government, ladies and gentlemen,
00:15the 70th anniversary of the United Nations is a good occasion to both take stock of history
00:23and talk about our common future.
00:26In 1945, the countries that defeated Nazism joined their efforts to light solid foundations for the post-war world order.
00:39Let me remind you that the key decisions on the principles guiding the cooperation among states
00:45as well as on the establishment of the United Nations were made in our country,
00:50in Yalta, at the meeting of the anti-Hitler coalition leaders.
00:55The Yalta system was actually worn in travail.
01:01It was worn at the cost of tens of millions of lives and two world wars.
01:07They swept through the planet in the 20th century.
01:11Let us be fair.
01:12It helped the humanity through turbulent, at times dramatic events of the last seven decades.
01:19It saved the world from large-scale upheavals.
01:24The United Nations is unique in its legitimacy, representation and universality.
01:33It is true that lately the UN has been widely criticized for supposedly not being efficient enough
01:45and for the fact that the decision-making on fundamental issues tolls due to insurmountable differences,
01:52first of all, among the members of the Security Council.
01:55However, I would like to point out that there have always been differences in the UN throughout
02:01all these 70 years of existence.
02:05The veto right has always been exercised by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China,
02:14China, the Soviet Union and Russia later alike.
02:17It is absolutely natural for so diverse and representative an organization.
02:24When the UN was established, its founders did not in the least think that there would always be unanimity.
02:32The mission of the organization is to seek and reach compromises,
02:38and its strength comes from taking different views and opinions into consideration.
02:43The decisions debated within the UN are either taken as resolutions or not.
02:49As diplomats say they either pass or do not pass,
02:55whatever actions any state might take by passing this procedure are illegitimate.
03:00They run counter to the UN Charter and defy international law.
03:07We all know that after the end of the Cold War, everyone is aware of that.
03:12A single center of domination emerged in the world,
03:16and then those who found themselves at the top of the pyramid were tempted to think
03:20that if they were so strong and exceptional,
03:26they knew better and they do not have to reckon with the UN,
03:32which instead of automatically authorize and legitimize the necessary decisions,
03:38often creates obstacles or, in other words, stands in the way.
03:44It has now become commonplace to say
03:46that it is in its original form has become obsolete and completed its historical mission.
03:54Of course, the world is changing,
03:57and the UN must be consistent with this natural transformation.
04:01Russia stands ready to work together with its partners on the basis of rule consensus.
04:09But we consider the attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the UN as extremely dangerous.
04:18They could lead to a collapse of the entire architecture of international relations,
04:21and then, indeed, there would be no other rules left but the rule of force.
04:29We would get a world dominated by selfishness rather than collective work,
04:35a world increasingly characterized by dictate rather than equality.
04:41There would be less of genuine democracy and freedom,
04:44and there would be a world where truly independent states would be replaced
04:47by an ever-growing number of de facto protectorates and externally controlled territories.
04:54What is the state sovereignty, after all, that has been mentioned by our colleagues here?
04:58It is basically about freedom
04:59and the right to choose freely one's own future for every person, nation, or state.
05:07By the way, dear colleagues,
05:09the same holds true of the question of the so-called legitimacy of state authority.
05:15One should not play with or manipulate words.
05:21Every term in international law and international affairs
05:25should be clear, transparent,
05:29and have uniformly understood criteria.
05:34We are all different,
05:37and we should respect that.
05:39No one has to conform to a single development model
05:44that someone has once and for all recognized as the only right one.
05:49We should all remember what our past has taught us.
05:53We also remember certain episodes
05:55from the history of the Soviet Union,
05:58social experiments for export,
06:01attempts to push for changes within other countries
06:04countries based on ideological preferences,
06:07often led to tragic consequences
06:11and to degradation rather than progress.
06:15It seems, however, that far from learning from others' mistakes,
06:18everyone just keeps repeating them.
06:21And so the export of revolutions,
06:25this time of so-called democratic ones, continues.
06:28It was suffice to look at the situation
06:30in the Middle East and North Africa,
06:33as has been mentioned by my previous speaker.
06:35Certainly, political and social problems
06:38in this region have been piling up for a long time,
06:41and people there wished for changes naturally.
06:45But how did it actually turn out?
06:49Rather than bringing about reforms,
06:52an aggressive foreign interference
06:54has resulted in a brazen destruction
06:57of national institutions and the lifestyle itself.
07:00Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress,
07:03we've got violence, poverty, and social disaster.
07:08And nobody cares a bit about human rights,
07:11including the right to life.
07:14I cannot help asking those
07:16who have caused this situation,
07:19do you realize now what you've done?
07:21But I'm afraid no one is going to answer that.
07:26Indeed, policies based on self-conseed
07:28and belief in one's exceptionality and impunity
07:31have never been abandoned.
07:34It is now obvious
07:35that the power of vacuum
07:39created in some countries of the Middle East
07:41and North Africa
07:42led to the emergence of anarchy areas,
07:45which immediately started to be filled
07:47with extremists and terrorists.
07:49Tens of thousands of militants
07:53are fighting under the banners
07:54of the so-called Islamic State.
07:56Its ranks include former Iraqi servicemen
07:59who were thrown out into the street
08:03after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
08:06Many recruits also come from Libya,
08:08a country whose statehood
08:10was destroyed as a result of a gross violation
08:12of the UN Security Council resolution 1973.
08:15And now the ranks of radicals
08:18are being joined by the members
08:19of the so-called modern Syriac opposition
08:22supported by the Western countries.
08:23First, they are armed and trained
08:26and then they defect to the so-called Islamic State.
08:32Besides, the Islamic State itself
08:33did not just come from nowhere.
08:35It was also initially forged as a tool
08:38against undesirable secular regimes.
08:41Having established a foothold in Iraq and Syria,
08:45the Islamic State has become actively expanding
08:48to other regions.
08:49It is seeking dominance in the Islamic world.
08:54And not only there,
08:55and its plans go further than that.
08:58The situation is more than dangerous.
09:00In these circumstances,
09:02it is hypocritical and irresponsible
09:05to make loud declarations
09:06about the threat of international terrorism
09:09while turning a blind eye
09:11to the channels of financing
09:12and supporting terrorists,
09:14including the process of drug trafficking
09:17and illicit trade in oil and arms.
09:22It will be equally irresponsible
09:23to try to manipulate extremist groups
09:25and place them at one's service
09:27in order to achieve one's own political goals
09:29in the hope of later dealing with them
09:33or, in other words, liquidating them.
09:38To those who do so,
09:40I would like to say,
09:43dear sirs,
09:44no doubt you are dealing with rough and cruel people,
09:50but they are in no way primitive or silly.
09:53They are just as clever as you are
09:54and you never know who is manipulating whom.
09:59The recent data on arms transfer
10:01to this most moderate opposition
10:04is the best proof of it.
10:07We believe that any attempts
10:09to play games with terrorists,
10:11let alone to arm them,
10:12are not just short-sighted,
10:14but fire hazardous.
10:17This may result in the global terrorist threat
10:19increasing dramatically
10:20and engulfing new regions,
10:23especially given the Islamic State camps
10:26train militants from many countries,
10:29including the European countries.
10:32Unfortunately, dear colleagues,
10:33I have to put it frankly,
10:35Russia is not an exception.
10:38We cannot allow these criminals
10:40who have already tasted blood
10:41to return back home
10:44and continue their evildoings.
10:47No one wants this to happen.
10:50Does he?
10:54Russia has always been consistently fighting
10:57against terrorism in all its forms.
10:59Today, we provide military
11:00and technical assistance
11:01both to Iraq and Syria
11:03and many other countries of the region
11:05who are fighting terrorist groups.
11:07We think it is an enormous mistake
11:09to refuse to cooperate
11:10with the Syrian government
11:11and its armed forces
11:13who are valiantly fighting terrorism
11:16face to face.
11:18We should finally acknowledge
11:19that no one but President Assad's armed forces
11:24and Kurds militia
11:25are truly fighting the Islamic State
11:28and other terrorist organizations in Syria.
11:32We know about all the problems
11:34and contradictions in the region
11:35but which we based on the reality.
11:37Dear colleagues,
11:39I must note that such an honest
11:41and frank approach of Russia
11:43has been recently used
11:44as a pretext to accuse it
11:46of its growing ambitions
11:47as if those who say it
11:49have no ambitions at all.
11:52However, it is not about Russia's ambitions,
11:55dear colleagues,
11:56but about the recognition of the fact
11:58that we can no longer tolerate
12:01the current state of affairs in the world.
12:03What we actually propose
12:05is to be guided
12:06by common values
12:08and common interests
12:09rather than ambitions.
12:12On the basis of international law,
12:13we must join efforts
12:15to address the problems
12:17that all of us are facing
12:19and create a genuinely broad
12:21international coalition
12:23against terrorism.
12:25Similar to the anti-Hitler coalition,
12:27it could unite a broad range of forces
12:31that are resolutely resisting those
12:34who just like the Nazis
12:35sow evil and hatred of humankind.
12:39And naturally,
12:40the Muslim countries
12:42are to play a key role
12:44in the coalition.
12:45Even more so
12:46because the Islamic State
12:48does not only pose a direct threat to them,
12:51but also desecrates
12:53one of the greatest world religions
12:54by its bloody crimes.
12:56The ideologies of militants
12:58make a mockery of Islam
12:59and pervert its true humanistic values.
13:03I would like to address
13:04Muslim spiritual leaders as well.
13:07Your authority
13:08and your guidance
13:10are of great importance right now.
13:12It is essential
13:13to prevent people
13:14recruited by militants
13:16from making hasty decisions
13:18and those
13:19who have already been deceived
13:20and who,
13:21due to various circumstances,
13:23found themselves among terrorists
13:24need help
13:25in finding a way back
13:26to normal life,
13:28laying down arms
13:28and putting an end
13:29to fratricide.
13:31Russia will shortly convene
13:33as the current president
13:35of the Security Council
13:36a ministerial meeting
13:38to carry out
13:39a comprehensive analysis
13:40of threats
13:41in the Middle East.
13:42First of all,
13:43we propose discussing
13:44whether it is possible
13:45to agree on a resolution
13:47aimed at coordinating
13:48the actions
13:49of all the forces
13:50that confront
13:51the Islamic State
13:52and other terrorist organizations.
13:54Once again,
13:55this coordination
13:56should be based
13:57on the principles
13:57of the UN Charter.
14:00We hope
14:00that the international community
14:02will be able
14:03to develop
14:04a comprehensive strategy
14:05of political stabilization
14:06as well as social
14:07and economic recovery
14:09of the Middle East.
14:10Then, dear friends,
14:12there would be
14:13no need
14:14for new refugee camps.
14:16Today,
14:16the flow of people
14:18who were forced
14:18to leave their homeland
14:19has literally engulfed
14:21first neighboring countries
14:22and then Europe itself.
14:24There are hundreds
14:25of thousands of them now
14:26and there might be millions
14:27before long.
14:28In fact,
14:29it is a new,
14:30great and tragic
14:31migration of peoples
14:32and it is a harsh lesson
14:34for all of us,
14:35including Europe.
14:37I would like to stress,
14:39refugees undoubtedly
14:40need our compassionate support.
14:43However,
14:44the only way
14:45to solve this problem
14:46at a fundamental level
14:47is to restore
14:48the statehood
14:49where it has been destroyed,
14:52to strengthen
14:53the government institutions
14:55where they still exist
14:57or are being reestablished,
14:59to provide comprehensive assistance
15:00of military, economic
15:02and material nature
15:03to countries
15:04in a difficult situation
15:05and certainly
15:07to those people
15:08who,
15:10despite all the ordeals,
15:11will not abandon
15:12their homes.
15:13Naturally,
15:14any assistance
15:14to sovereign states
15:16can and must
15:17be offered
15:18rather than imposed
15:20exclusively
15:20and solely
15:21in accordance
15:21with the UN Charter.
15:22In other words,
15:23everything in this field
15:25that is being done
15:26or will be done
15:26pursuant to the norms
15:28of international law
15:29must be supported
15:30by our organization.
15:32Everything that contravenes
15:33the UN Charter
15:34must be rejected.
15:36Above all,
15:37I believe it is
15:37of the utmost importance
15:39to help restore
15:40government institutions
15:41in Libya,
15:42support the new
15:43government of Iraq
15:44and provide
15:45comprehensive assistance
15:46to the legitimate
15:46government of Syria.
15:48Dear colleagues,
15:48ensuring peace
15:55and regional
15:55and global stability
15:56remains the key objective
15:57of the international community
15:59with the UN
15:59and its helm.
16:00We believe this means
16:01creating a space
16:02of equal
16:02and indivisible security
16:04which is not
16:04for the select few
16:05but for everyone.
16:07Yes,
16:07it is a challenging,
16:08complicated
16:08and time-consuming task
16:10but there is simply
16:10no other alternative.
16:12However,
16:13the block thinking
16:14of the times
16:14of the Cold War
16:15and the desire
16:16to explore new
16:17geopolitical
16:18areas
16:19is still present
16:21among some
16:21of our colleagues.
16:23First,
16:23they continued
16:24their policy
16:25of expanding
16:26NATO.
16:27What for
16:27if the Warsaw Bloc
16:29stopped its existence?
16:31The Soviet Union
16:32had collapsed
16:33and nevertheless
16:33NATO
16:34continues expanding
16:36as well
16:38as its military
16:39infrastructure.
16:40Then,
16:40they offered
16:41the poor Soviet countries
16:42a false choice
16:44either to be
16:45with the West
16:45or with the East.
16:46Sooner or later,
16:47this logic
16:48of confrontation
16:49was bound
16:50to spark off
16:51a grave geopolitical crisis.
16:53This is exactly
16:54what happened
16:54in Ukraine
16:55where the discontent
16:57of population
16:58with the current authorities
17:00was used
17:01and a military coup
17:02was orchestrated
17:03from outside
17:04that triggered
17:04a civil war
17:05as a result.
17:06We are confident
17:07that only through
17:11full and faithful
17:13implementation
17:13of the Minsk agreements
17:14of February 12,
17:152015
17:15can we put an end
17:17to the bloodshed
17:18and find a way
17:18of the deadlock.
17:20Ukraine's territorial
17:21integrity
17:22cannot be ensured
17:23by threats
17:23of force
17:23and force of arms.
17:25What is needed
17:26is a genuine
17:26consideration
17:27for the interests
17:28and rights
17:28of the people
17:28in the Donbas region
17:29and respect
17:30for their choice.
17:31There is a need
17:32to coordinate
17:32with them
17:33as provided
17:33for by the Minsk agreements
17:34the key elements
17:35of the country's
17:36political structure.
17:37These steps
17:38will guarantee
17:38that Ukraine
17:39will develop
17:40as a civilized state
17:41as an essential link
17:42in building
17:43a common space
17:44of security
17:45and economic cooperation
17:47both in Europe
17:48and in Eurasia.
17:50Ladies and gentlemen,
17:52I have mentioned
17:54this common space
17:55of economic cooperation
17:56on purpose.
17:57Not long ago
17:58it seemed
17:59that in the economic sphere
18:00with its objective
18:01market laws
18:02we would learn
18:03to live
18:03without dividing lines.
18:05We would build
18:06on transparent
18:07and jointly formulated
18:08rules
18:09including the WTO principles
18:13stipulating
18:14the freedom of trade
18:15and investment
18:16and open competition.
18:18Nevertheless,
18:19today
18:20unilateral sanctions
18:23circumventing
18:24the UN Charter
18:24have become
18:25almost commonplace.
18:26In addition
18:27to pursuing
18:28political objectives
18:29these sanctions
18:30serve as a means
18:31of eliminating
18:32competitors
18:32I would like
18:34to point out
18:35another sign
18:35of a growing
18:36economic selfishness.
18:37Some countries
18:37have chosen
18:38to create
18:39closed and exclusive
18:40economic associations
18:41with the establishment
18:43being negotiated
18:44behind the scenes
18:45in secret
18:45from those countries'
18:47own citizens,
18:48the general public,
18:49business community
18:50and from other countries.
18:51Other states
18:52whose interests
18:53may be affected
18:54are not informed
18:55of anything either.
18:56It seems
18:58that we are about
18:59to be faced
19:00with an accomplished
19:01fact that the rules
19:02of the game
19:02have been changed
19:03in favor of a narrow
19:05group of the privileged
19:06with the WTO
19:07having no say.
19:09This could unbalance
19:10the trade system
19:11completely
19:12and disintegrate
19:13the global economic space.
19:15These issues
19:16affect the interests
19:17of all states
19:18and influence
19:19the future
19:19of the world economy
19:20as a whole.
19:21That is why
19:22we propose
19:23discussing them
19:24within the UN,
19:25WTO and G20.
19:28Contrary to
19:29the policy
19:29of exclusiveness,
19:30Russia proposes
19:31harmonizing
19:32regional economic projects.
19:34I refer to
19:34the so-called
19:35integration of integrations
19:37based on universal
19:38and transparent
19:39rules of international trade.
19:41As an example,
19:42I would like to cite
19:43our plans
19:44to interconnect
19:44the Eurasian Economic Union
19:46and China's initiative
19:48of the Silk Road
19:49Economic Belt.
19:51We still believe
19:53that harmonizing
19:55the integration
19:57processes
19:57within the Eurasian Economic Union
19:59and the European Union
20:00is highly promising.
20:02Ladies and gentlemen,
20:04the issues
20:05that affect
20:05the future
20:06of all people
20:07include the challenge
20:08of global climate change.
20:10It is in our interest
20:12to make
20:13the UN Climate Change Conference
20:15to be held
20:15in December
20:16in Paris
20:17a success.
20:18As part of
20:19our national contribution,
20:20we plan to reduce
20:21by 2030
20:22the greenhouse gas emissions
20:24to 70-75%
20:26of the 1990 level.
20:30I suggest, however,
20:31we should take
20:32a wider view
20:33on this issue.
20:35Yes,
20:36we might
20:38diffuse the problem
20:40for a while
20:40by setting quotas
20:42on harmful emissions
20:43or by taking
20:44other measures
20:45that are nothing but tactical,
20:46but we will not
20:47solve it that way.
20:49We need a completely
20:50different approach.
20:51We have to focus
20:53on introducing
20:55fundamentally new technologies
20:56inspired by nature
20:58which would not
20:58damage the environment
21:00but would be
21:01in harmony with it.
21:02also they would
21:03allow us
21:04to restore
21:04the balance
21:05between the biosphere
21:06and technosphere
21:07upset by human activities.
21:09It is indeed
21:10a challenge
21:11of planetary scope,
21:12but I am confident
21:13that humankind
21:14has intellectual potential
21:16to address it.
21:17We need to join
21:18our efforts.
21:20I refer,
21:20first of all,
21:21to the states
21:21that have
21:22a solid research basis
21:24and that have made
21:25significant advances
21:27in fundamental science.
21:28we propose convening
21:30a special forum
21:31under the UN auspices
21:33for a comprehensive
21:34consideration
21:35of the issues
21:36related to the
21:37depletion of natural resources,
21:39destruction of habitat
21:39and climate change.
21:41Russia would be ready
21:42to co-sponsor
21:44such a forum.
21:46Ladies and gentlemen,
21:47colleagues,
21:48it was on the 10th of January
21:501946 in London
21:53that the UN General Assembly
21:55gathered for its first session.
21:58Mr. Zuleta-Angele,
22:04a Colombian diplomat
22:05and the chairman
22:06of the Preparatory Commission,
22:07opened the session
22:08by giving, I believe,
22:09a concise definition
22:10of the basic principles
22:12that the UN should follow
22:13in its activities,
22:14which are free will,
22:15defiance of scheming
22:16and trickery,
22:17and spirit of cooperation.
22:18Today,
22:19his words sound
22:20as a guidance
22:21for all of us.
22:22Russia believes
22:23in the huge potential
22:25of the United Nations,
22:26which should help us
22:27avoid a new global confrontation
22:29and engage
22:31in strategic cooperation.
22:33Together with other countries,
22:34we will consistently work
22:36towards strengthening
22:37the central coordinating role
22:39of the UN.
22:40I am confident
22:41that by working together,
22:43we will make the world
22:44stable and safe,
22:46as well as provide conditions
22:48for the development
22:49of all states
22:50and nations.
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