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No Secrets At Meeting With Obama; Conspiracy Exaggerated By Reporters - Medvedev
Interfax - 3.27.12 - JRL 2012-57

SEOUL. March 27 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said there was nothing secretive during the private part of his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, and the statements taken out of context always acquire a "hue of conspiracy."

File Photo of Barack Hussein Obama II Shaking Hands with Dmitry Medvedev
file photo
"There are no secrets here, as indeed there is nothing surprising about the fact that a whole host of issues are very difficult to resolve in a specific political situation. There is a good time and a bad time for resolving issues," Medvedev said.

He was commenting on his conversation with President Obama, parts of which were caught on the microphone.

"Obviously, the best time is a situation where all political forces are stable, regardless even of who does what. Basically, this is what the conversation was about. And there is nothing surprising about it, we have never hidden anything, and President Obama could have said that both publicly and not publicly. It is just whenever something is taken out (of context) it always acquires a more interesting hue, giving rise to conspiracy things," the Russian president said.

While scouring the press, I came across "four interpretations of the two presidents' phrases," he said. "It is simply even interesting what will remain in history and what will come out of it eventually," he said.

"Nobody wants any exacerbation," the Russian president added.

Keywords: U.S.-Russian Relations - Russian News - Russia

 

SEOUL. March 27 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said there was nothing secretive during the private part of his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, and the statements taken out of context always acquire a "hue of conspiracy."

File Photo of Barack Hussein Obama II Shaking Hands with Dmitry Medvedev
file photo
"There are no secrets here, as indeed there is nothing surprising about the fact that a whole host of issues are very difficult to resolve in a specific political situation. There is a good time and a bad time for resolving issues," Medvedev said.

He was commenting on his conversation with President Obama, parts of which were caught on the microphone.

"Obviously, the best time is a situation where all political forces are stable, regardless even of who does what. Basically, this is what the conversation was about. And there is nothing surprising about it, we have never hidden anything, and President Obama could have said that both publicly and not publicly. It is just whenever something is taken out (of context) it always acquires a more interesting hue, giving rise to conspiracy things," the Russian president said.

While scouring the press, I came across "four interpretations of the two presidents' phrases," he said. "It is simply even interesting what will remain in history and what will come out of it eventually," he said.

"Nobody wants any exacerbation," the Russian president added.


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