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Medvedev sends European security pact draft to foreign leaders
Published: 30 November, 2009, 08:00
Edited: 01 September, 2010, 16:34
TAGS: Military, NATO, Medvedev, EU, Russia, Politics, Law
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sent foreign leaders and international organizations a draft for a new treaty on European security. It allows signatory states to provide military assistance to each other.
The draft that has been sent to heads of states and chief executives of NATO, the EU and other major international organizations stipulates that signatory sides will follow the principle of “indivisible, equal and undiminished security.”
It suggests that parties do not undertake, support or participate in actions that can jeopardize the security of another party to the treaty. The sides also agree not to allow the use of its territory with the purpose of attacking their partners.
“If everybody supported the Medvedev proposal, the world would become safer, because what is really proposed is a new model of regional security based on legally binding norms,” told RT Tatyana Yuryeva from Moscow State University of International Relations.
The draft suggests that every party to the agreement is entitled to consider any attack on another party in a treaty as attack against itself.
“In exercising its right of self-defense under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, it shall be entitled to render the attacked Party, subject to its consent, the necessary assistance, including the military one, until the UN Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security,” the draft says.
It also stipulated that the treaty should be open for signature by all states and international organizations of the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian space, including the European Union, NATO, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Collective Security Treaty Organization and also the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Dmitry Medvedev noted earlier on Friday that the EU reform will have no effect on the Russian proposal. “Our initiative remains topical,” he said.
The president added that the Russian side is “ready to discuss different editions of this draft and to listen to the proposals of our partners.”
He first came up with the initiative to work out the treaty back on June 5, 2008, proposing that the principle of indivisible security be legally sealed in international law.
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Independent European Union European Union started in the 1990's to develop its own security policy. The year 2002 is important. EU and NATO accepted a Berlin Plus convention according to which NATO is not a EU defence body. NATO has no right and no obligation to defend EU, and EU has no right to oblige NATO to defend EU. Furthermore, NATO has the outright right to refuse participating in any EU military operation. The EU Lissabon treaty, ratified in 2009, is important too. It strenghtens EU's own defence structure and EU's will and vision to have an independent from USA and NATO less dependent defence policy and structure. Still, because major part of EU member states belong to NATO, USA and NATO and some NATO EU-member states play hard in order to have NATO as a part or even unit in the EU defence structure. The situation is a bit contradictory, because every EU state works for an independent European Union but anyhow there are states which want a strong US and NATO influence in EU.The divison goes not between states but inside the states. For example in my own country Finland, the conservative party fights for a strong US and NATO role in EU security policy, and the rest of the parties are not yet very European but concentrated on traditional national foreign policy. So, what EU needs on its way to sovereignty, is European security pact presented by Russia and president Medvedev, and perhaps more active, more visible and more transparent EU policy. Russia is part of Europe and European continent, USA is not.
Mr Medvedev' ideas are excellent and full of good intentions. Unfortunatly, you naïve russians forget a few details: 1) In 1970, I rode in the Seattle-Time this statement coming from an eminent US journalist: Europe will be americanized or will never be. When you look at E-U's divisions plus de nomber of states who are US prostitues; that make you wonder: Is Mr Medvedev confusing wishfull thinkings and realistic politics. 2) America's geo-politic is (as president Eisenhower feared) governed by the Military-Industrial-Complex, Wall-Street's bankers and very rich oligaks who are not necessarely american (Mondialisation made in USA). 3) The mafia described in praragraph 2, does not give a dam about most US, russian, chinese or europeen citizen, all she want is the complete control of Earth' ressources and the worldwide adoption of our "supposed to be" wonderfull western way of life, which is according to my humble opinion: nothing else than money unslavery for most humans. Everywhere, America has set foot on; peoples have been set to dream about rains of easy dollars falling on them. Unfortunatly, just a few "putains-collabos" are rewarded, according to their economic and politic treason's talents. This tactic almost succeeded in Russia when Mr Gobatchev and Mr Yelsin were governing. Just say: thank you to Mr Putin. Then, quickly add: Watch out, because the game is not over yet ! Capitalist have many tricks on their sleeves to corrupt anyone. I have noticed that, on my last trip to Moscow (September 2009). That is why, considering the knowledge accumulated in my long geo-politic observation, I keep on suggesting to russian leaders: Make your country the best possible example without worring about what other do. The 95% of humans who are not americans plus the many disgusted US citizen are not blind and will not sleep for ever; they will wake up and open their eyes. There is Hope ! Think Positive ! Sincerely. Jean-Claude Meslin
Russia simply wants to annex the Central and Western Europe with its technology and minds - and it seems to me they are succeeding - Europeans will wake up and it will be too late - Europe will be building the gulags all over Europe. Stick with USA the only way to stay free.