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Xinhua News Agency February 7, 2010 Russia calls for integrated security structure for Europe to "overcome" NATO MUNICH, Germany: Europe should replace its Cold-War-style security architecture with a comprehensive, integrated one which is legally bindings...Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday in the annual Munich conference. "In the last 20 years, European security has become weak in every aspect, concerning the erosion of arms control and emerging of serious conflicts," Lavrov said. "Statements that everything is fine and nothing should be changed are not convincing." The Russian minister said after the end of the Cold War, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) missed a great opportunity of becoming an all-round organization for "ensuring equal security for every state in the European region." "The choice was made in favor of NATO's expansion policy, not only dividing Europe into zones with different levels but also moving these lines deliberately to the East," he said. The membership of NATO has increased to 28 in 2009 from the original 12 in 1949. Lavrov said that since both NATO and the OSCE failed to prevent tragedies such as hot conflicts in past decades, one lesson Europe has learned from history is not to neglect "the indivisibility of the security in the whole land of Europe." "We want to overcome the bloc approach of cold war in the European architecture and to ensure a new policy of mutual trust," he said. "No single state can ensure its security at the expense of others'." Russia supported the OSCE, rather than others, in "becoming a strong, efficient organization" with the joint efforts of Russia, the United States and other European countries, he said. The Russian diplomat called for "a comprehensive solution" to set up a new security frameworks, which was emphasized by the Kremlin since 2008. But some Western countries suspect that it is mainly aimed at stopping further NATO expansion. The OSCE, the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization, has 56 member states covering most of the northern hemisphere. It was first created as an East-West forum during the Cold War era, and puts its focus on conflict prevention, arms control, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. The 46th Munich Security Conference, one of the leading political forums in the world, invited around 300 high-ranking participants in discussing major global challenges. "The Future of European Security" is the main topic on Saturday. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
