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Bush Administration Recalled Nuclear Pact with Russia
In line with expectations, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has recalled from the Congress the civilian nuclear pact with Russia. The respective statement was made during the briefing of the U.S. Department of States.
But the decision of Washington to freeze the civilian nuclear pact with Moscow is more of symbolic nature, which purpose is to manifest that the United States won’t confine to the verbal threats to penalize Russia for its South Ossetian clashes with Georgia.
Russia and the United States sealed May 6, 2008 the intergovernmental cooperation deal for the civilian nuclear energy that was aimed at allowing the mutual transfer of sensitive nuclear technologies, materials and equipment.
Even before the war for South Ossetia, quite a number of lawmakers in Congress questioned expediency of that deal, blaming on Russia the involvement in the civilian nuclear program of Iran.
Diplomats of the RF Foreign Ministry expressed their general regret about the U.S. refusal to cooperate in the field of civilian nuclear energy. “Russia needs the cooperation in civilian nuclear energy no more than the United States does,” said a source with the Foreign Ministry. In interpretation of the U.S. administration, the source went on, they decided to withdraw the agreement from congressional review to avoid its being blocked by the Congress. The agreement will be submitted to the Congress under a new president, the source said.
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