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Bush: NATO, EU Should Build Partnerships 1 With Russia
Deborah Tate
Warsaw
15 Jun 2001 09:44 UTC

President Bush has called for extending NATO deeper into eastern Europe, arguing that Russia has nothing to fear from an expansion of the western military 1)alliance. Mr. Bush made his comments in Warsaw, Poland on the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the 2)keynote speech of his European trip, Mr. Bush said he believes NATO membership should be open to all of Europe's 3)democracies that are ready to share the responsibilities of the alliance. "All of Europe's new democracies, from the Baltics to the Black Sea and all that lie between, should have the same chance for security and freedom and the same chance to join the institutions of Europe as Europe's old democracies have," he said.
But Russia has made clear it is against NATO 4)expansion, especially if it includes the Baltic states.
In a speech at Warsaw University, Mr. Bush said Russia need not be concerned. He says he will 5)underscore the point when he meets with Mr. Putin Saturday in Slovenia. "I will express to President Putin that Russia is part of Europe and therefore does not need a 6)buffer zone of insecure states separating it from Europe," he said. "NATO, even as it grows, is no enemy of Russia.
Mr. Bush said the unified 2, peaceful and free Europe he 7)envisions must be open to Russia. He looked forward to the day when that country is fully 3 reformed, fully democratic and closely bound to the rest of Europe. He called on NATO and the European Union to build partnerships with Russia.
Mr. Bush also said he would use his meeting with Mr. Putin to make the case that it is time to move beyond Cold War 8)doctrines.
The President wants to step back from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for the establishment of a missile defense 4. He argues such a system is necessary to defend against potential attack from so-called 9)rogue nations like Iran and North Korea.
But Moscow 10)vehemently opposes the plan on grounds it would 11)undermine arms control.
European allies are also 12)skeptical. But the proposal did receive support from Poland's President Aleksander Kwasniewski at a joint 5 news conference earlier in the day. The Polish leader spoke 6 through a translater. "It may turn out that the new security systems are not 13)controversial at all, and that they would not constitute any problems for us, but would rather reinforce our feeling of security," he said.
Late Friday Mr. Bush attended a state dinner at the Presidential Palace.

(1) alliance[E5laIEns]n.联盟, 联合
(2) keynote[5ki:nEJt]n.基调
(3) democracy[dI5mRkrEsI]n.民主政治, 民主主义
(4) expansion[Ik5spAnF(E)n]n.扩充, 开展, 膨胀
(5) underscore[ 9QndE`skR:(r) ]vt.划线于...下, 强调n.底线
(6) buffer[5bQfE(r)]n.缓冲器
(7) envision[In`vIVLn]vt.想象, 预想
(8) doctrine[5dRktrIn]n.教条, 学说
(9) rogue[rEJ^]n.流氓, 无赖vt.欺诈vi.流浪, 耍无赖
(10) vehemently adv.激烈地, 暴烈地
(11) undermine[QndE5maIn]v.破坏
(12) skeptical[5skeptIk(E)l]adj.怀疑性的,好怀疑的
(13) controversial[kRntrE5v:F(E)l]adj.争论的, 争议的