ミサイル防衛と米ロ首脳会談

４月６日（06apr2008, Sun）ロシアの保養地ソチにおいて、ブッシュ米大統領とプーチィン露大統領の首脳会談では、米国の展開する東欧ミサイル防衛システムに関して、ついに双方の合意醸成できずに終わりました。APUS, Russia Can't Agree on MissilesBy TERENCE HUNT - 1 hour ago SOCHI, Russia (AP) - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to overcome sharp differences over a U.S. missile defense system, closing their seven-year relationship Sunday still far apart on an issue that has separated them from the beginning."Our fundamental attitude toward the American plan has not changed," Putin said at a news conference with Bush at his vacation house at this Black Sea resort. "We got a lot of way to go," Bush said. Despite the impasse, the two leaders agreed that Moscow and Washington would work together closely in the future on missile defense and other difficult issues.Bush also conferred with Putin's hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, but did not claim gaining any insight into his soul, as he had with Putin upon their first encounter. He pronounced Putin's protege "a straightforward fellow" and said he was eager to work with him.ブッシュ大統領は、Dmitry Medvedev次期露大統領とも会談しましたが、今回の米ロ首脳会談では、ブッシュ大統領はプーチィン大統領との会談に力点を置いていたようです。チェコにミサイル防衛用レーダを設置、ポーランドに迎撃ミサイルを展開、この米迎撃ミサイル構想には、あくまでもプーチィン大統領は反発、プーチィン大統領は５月７日に退任、ブッシュ大統領も来年１月までの任期、両国とも次期大統領へ後任を託すことになりました。NATOやEUの東方拡大に対するロシアの警戒心は２１世紀当分解消されそうもないでしょう。