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The new treaty on European security should contain a common mechanism for peaceful conflict resolution and basic arms control principles

April 20, 2009
15:53
After visiting the University of Helsinki.
After visiting the University of Helsinki.

Dmitry Medvedev made these statements in a speech at Helsinki University and said this would make it possible to attain a new level of cooperation in fighting security threats.

The future treaty should also set out the basic principles for developing arms control regimes, confidence building measures, and measures on restraint and reasonable sufficiency in military development.

These decisions could be reached and developed through multi-faceted cooperation between Russia, the European Union, and the USA, Mr Medvedev said.

Recalling that 2010 will mark the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, the President said the future treaty on European Security should be seen a ‘Helsinki plus’ treaty. It should be viewed as the confirmation, continuation and effective implementation of the principles and instruments born out of the Helsinki process, but adapted to the end of ideological confrontation and the emergence of new subjects of international law.

Mr Medvedev first put forward the initiative of drafting a new treaty on European security in June 2008, in Berlin.

See also

News Conference following Russian-Finnish Talks
April 20, 2009
Speech at Helsinki University and Answers to Questions from Audience
April 20, 2009

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Publication date: April 20, 2009, 15:53

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