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Bush Tries Warm Approach To PutinRELATIONS are rocky between US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but they began their overnight visit at the Bush familys seaside summer home with warm handshakes, lobster dinner and a hair-raising spin through the Atlantics choppy waters. Mr Bush knows what he wants from the talks: to convince Mr Putin that a US missile defence system in Eastern Europe would not threaten Russia, to bring the Kremlin behind tough new penalties aimed at Irans suspected nuclear weapons program and to generally defrost relations. What the Russian President seeks is less clear. Mr Putin requested an audience with Mr Bush on his way to Guatemala, where Olympic officials are picking a host city for the 2014 winter games. Bush aides braced for the possibility of a surprise on the scale of the one the Russian leader dropped last month in Germany, on the missile defence dispute. US-Russian relations have slid to their worst point since the Cold War. An anti-terrorism bond forged after the September 11 attacks has been chipped at repeatedly. Disputes have developed over the Iraq war, missile defence plans, the fate of democracy in Russia, NATO expansion to Russias doorstep and sniping over what each side views as meddling in former Soviet republics. Things took a particularly bad turn after the US said in January it planned to build a missile defence system based in the Czech Republic and Poland, former Soviet satellites that now are NATO members. Russia holds elections in March to choose Mr Putins successor. Mr Bush is out of office in 19 months. So the only other time for the leaders to get together is briefly on the sidelines of a summit in Australia of Asia-Pacific leaders. AP Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationKurt Waldheim, Former U.N. Chief, Is Dead at 88...Calls for Sarkozy’s head over spying row... Bush to veto troop-funding bill... With Tight Grip on Ballot, Putin Is Forcing Foes Out... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Bush Tries Warm Approach To Putin |
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