Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin meets with Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and the architect of the Petro-dollar monetary system, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Kissinger was in Russia for the Primakov Readings, an annual forum of experts, diplomats and politicians.
Global leadership part of Washington’s DNA, while Russia has been ‘defender & advocate’ – Kissinger
“In a similar way, Russia for the past two centuries has positioned itself as the defender and advocate of a view of a world order based first on religion, then on Marxist principles.”
“We have to consider what it is we seek to prevent, what it is that we seek to achieve, and to begin from the premise that we are pursuing a peaceful and constructive evolution in which neither side directs its measures either to undermine the other or to gain a specific advantage, but rather to see whether a cooperative outcome is conceivable…
“I’m optimistic that recognition of the global nature of this world, the impact of each other, of this technology, and respect for the historical position of each country, we may be at the beginning of one of the constructive periods in Russian-American relations.”
Global leadership part of Washington’s DNA, while Russia has been ‘defender & advocate’ – Kissinger
“In a similar way, Russia for the past two centuries has positioned itself as the defender and advocate of a view of a world order based first on religion, then on Marxist principles.”
“We have to consider what it is we seek to prevent, what it is that we seek to achieve, and to begin from the premise that we are pursuing a peaceful and constructive evolution in which neither side directs its measures either to undermine the other or to gain a specific advantage, but rather to see whether a cooperative outcome is conceivable…
“I’m optimistic that recognition of the global nature of this world, the impact of each other, of this technology, and respect for the historical position of each country, we may be at the beginning of one of the constructive periods in Russian-American relations.”
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