Posted on 09/21/2009 5:14:25 PM PDT by lbryce
President Dmitry Medvedev said Israel had given Russia assurances it plans no strike on Iran and reserved Moscow's right to sell Tehran arms, in an interview released by the Kremlin on Sunday.
Medvedev described an Israeli attack as "the worst thing that could be imagined" but said President Shimon Peres had ruled out such fears when the two leaders met in the Russian resort of Sochi in August.
"When Israeli President Peres was visiting me in Sochi recently, he said something very important for all of us: 'Israel does not plan any strikes on Iran, we are a peaceful country and we will not do this'," he said.
In the interview with CNN, Medvedev sidestepped questions on Russia's possible response in the case of Israeli air strikes although he hinted Moscow could take sides under such a scenario.
"What will happen after that? Humanitarian disaster, vast numbers of refugees, Iran's wish to take revenge not only on Israel but upon other countries as well," he said.
Though Russia has no alliances with Iran, "It does not mean that we would like to be or will be indifferent to such a development," Medvedev said.
"But my Israeli colleagues told me that they were not planning to act in this way," he reiterated.
Iran is due to hold talks with six world powers on October 1, the outcome of which could determine whether the United States and its allies impose more penalties on Tehran over suspicions it is working on an atomic bomb.
The United States is pressuring Russia to shift its current stance and back tougher sanctions, reportedly banking on its warming ties with Moscow since President Barack Obama shelved controversial missile shield plans in central Europe.
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lol obama policy is so bad russia has to do it. jeez
Mullahs - get ready for a big SURPRISE!
Confusion works for Israel.
He also offered me 'first dibs' on a bridge over the East River.
huh? wtf? huh?
Iran better worry......something was agreed to during these Israeli visits....and Iran was the horse in a highstakes game of horse trading.
Our troops would be at extreme risk in the Middle-East if we allowed Iran the bomb.
Unless Obama wants us to withdraw to our own borders, he better wake up. If he doesn’t then the rest of us should.
This should not continue to be unaddressed.
“The United States is pressuring Russia to shift its current stance and back tougher sanctions, reportedly banking on its warming ties with Moscow since President Barack Obama shelved controversial missile shield plans in central Europe.”
Russia is acting to further its own interest.
The liberals think everyone is a liberal, ready to self-sacrifice for the Common Good. Not Russia— they’ve been invaded too many times to even give an inch.
We should not include Russian support in our calculus against Iran. And we definitely shouldn’t be on the honor system in Eastern Europe.
For Russia, Iran is a customer.
Presently, jobs trump ruling the world. Iran provides jobs for Russian workers
While mutual economic development, business alliances, military cooperation certainly exist between the two, he must have meant there are no military alliances as mutual defense pact whereby Russia would react in case of attack on Iran.
Obama is a moron. The Russians doesn’t care who’s our President.
It only means that either those plans have been made already, or that someone else (like the USA) did the planning :-)
Allow me to translate. The Iranian people who want freedom have just been sold own the river. This will be the fate of freedom loving Americans in the near future.
points duly noted. perhaps i read too much into “alliance.”
Simple, the Russians lied to cover their collective a$$es. Welcome to Free Republic!
I hope and pray that Russia is wrong about an Israeli attack, and that Israel’s leaders feel as little fear (and respect) for obama as our enemies do.
After the post, I wondered just how good a Russian customer Iran is.
Per the CIA fact book
Netherlands 10.8%, Italy 8%, Germany 7.8%, Turkey 5.9%, Ukraine 5.4%, China 4.5%, Poland 4.4% (2008)
I couldn’t separate out oil and gas and that might move Iran up on the list
I don’t know if Medved is telling the truth on this. OTOH, Bibi is a schemer and he could have said one thing and then he would do another.
It’s the “Is”... is... scenario: that’s right — the Israelis aren’t PLANNING an attack on Iran. The planning has already been done.
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