Sarkozy: Euroopan ja Venäjän välille uudet turvallisuus- ja taloussuhteet

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/world/europe/02france.html?ref=global-home

New York Times:

PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France plans to propose a new security and economic relationship between Europe and Russia when he meets with President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany this month in Deauville, senior French officials said Friday.

The idea is to have a single zone of security and economic cooperation, the officials said, that will pull Russia closer to Europe but apart from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The alliance itself is holding a key meeting in November intended to approve a new strategic doctrine, and American officials are unhappy with the idea of France and Germany talking to Russia — without the United States present — about security in advance of the talks.

"Since when, I wonder, is European security no longer an issue of American concern, but something for Europe and Russia to resolve?" asked a senior American official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "After being at the center of European security for 70 years, it's strange to hear that it is no longer a matter of U.S. concern."

The idea of a new European "security architecture" has been raised by Mr. Medvedev as something more appropriate for the post-cold-war world than the Atlantic alliance and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Pistää silmään, että jutussa ei mainita EU:ta sanallakaan. Mahtaakohan kyseessä Sarkozyn puolesta olla osittain piikki EU:n suuntaan romanihössötyksen vuoksi?