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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    April 5 2004

    PUTIN HIGHLY ASSESSES UN INTERNATIONAL ROLE


    MOSCOW, April 5, 2004. (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir
    Putin highly assesses the UN's role in the modern world.

    The world has no other effective instrument to solve international
    problems, Vladimir Putin told UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on
    Monday.

    "You know our attitude to the UN and the development of this
    organization. The fact that the Russian ambassador to the UN was
    appointed Foreign Minister confirms our attitude to the development
    of relations with the UN," the Russian leader said.

    The President also thanked Kofi Annan for his congratulation on
    Vladimir Putin's reelection to his post on March 14.

    Kofi Annan pointed out the recent easing of tensions in international
    relations. The countries are united and are solving international
    problems together, the Secretary General said.

    He expressed hope that this tendency will preserve in the future
    because only joint efforts can help solve complicated problems.

    Mr. Annan is satisfied with Moscow's support for the formation of a
    top-level group to combat new threats and challenges. This group
    should assess the current situation in the world and find solutions
    to adapt to it, he said.

    Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister
    Sergei Lavrov, President's Aide Sergei Prikhodko, Deputy Foreign
    Minister Yuri Fedotov, UN Under-Secretary-General, director general
    of the UN mission in Europe Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Special
    Representative of the UN Secretary General in Georgia Heidi
    Tagliavini, and the UN Secretary General's deputy chief of staff,
    Elizabeth Lindmeier took part in the meeting between Vladimir Putin
    and Kofi Annan.

    Kofi Annan arrived in Moscow on Sunday on a three-day official visit.
    On Monday Mr. Annan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took
    part in the opening ceremony of the Moscow International Model UN
    conference-2004. This is a student game imitating the activities of
    this international organization.

    In addition, Kofi Annan met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail
    Fradkov.

    Kofi Annan is to discuss with the Russian leadership the
    implementation of the Russian initiative on the formation of a global
    system to counter modern threats and challenges under the UN aegis,
    official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander
    Yakovenko told RIA Novosti.

    "At issue will be the structural consolidation and reinforcement of
    coordinating possibilities of the Counter Terrorist Committee of the
    UN Security Council, its cooperation with international and regional
    anti-terrorist structures including relevant mechanisms of the CIS,
    the Collective Security Treaty Organization [Armenia, Belarus,
    Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan] and the Shanghai
    Cooperation Organization [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, China,
    Tajikistan and Uzbekistan]," Mr. Yakovenko said.

    According to him, Russia backs efforts taken by the UN Secretary
    General to settle the situation in Iraq.

    "The organization is playing the central role in the post-conflict
    settlement, in particular, in the elections. Moscow will support the
    UN stabilizing role in the Middle East and strive for the
    implementation of the UN Mideastern resolutions in the full volume to
    provide favorable conditions for peaceful developments," Alexander
    Yakovenko noted.

    Russia, as well as the UN Secretary General, is much concerned about
    the sharp aggravation of the situation in Kosovo, the diplomat
    stressed. "The large-scale outburst of violence provoked by
    extremists has shown that Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council
    is not fulfilled in the full volume yet. Attempts to indulge Kosovo
    Albanians caused serious risks of the destabilization in the region,"
    Mr. Yakovenko noted.
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