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Short-timer Bush has last meet with Russian leader
Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:12pm EST
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By David Alexander and Oleg Shchedrov
LIMA (Reuters) - George W. Bush held his last meeting as U.S. president with a Russian leader on Saturday, telling Dmitry Medvedev he had worked hard to make it a "cordial relationship" despite difficult disagreements.
The meeting, at a summit of Asia Pacific leaders in Peru, came against a backdrop of chilly U.S.-Russian relations following Moscow's war with Georgia in August and Washington's agreement to base a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.
"It's an interesting moment because I've had a lot of meetings with Dmitry and Vladimir Putin," said Bush, who once famously told reporters he had gotten a sense of Putin's soul. "This will be my last meeting as the sitting president with the leader of Russia."
"We've had our agreements. We have had our disagreements. I've tried to work hard to make it a cordial relationship so when we need to work together we can, and when we disagree we're able to do so in a way that is respectful to our two nations," he said.
Medvedev, who shook hands with the U.S. president in a flag-draped hallway of the waterfront Marriott hotel, agreed the two sides had kept lines of communication open.
"Generally, despite the existence of points in which we strongly differ, we have worked well and will continue this work," the Russian leader said.
Russia sent troops into the former Soviet republic of Georgia in August after Tbilisi tried to impose central government control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, a pro-Moscow area that threw off Georgian rule in 1991-1992.
The United States sided with Georgia in the dispute, and the rhetoric sharpened between Moscow and Washington over whether Russia was moving quickly enough to implement the terms of a French-negotiated ceasefire.
Washington sought to reassure Eastern Europeans, including those seeking future entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It went ahead with the signing of an agreement to base part of a missile defense system in Poland, prompting Moscow to threaten to place missiles nearby.
The U.S. plan calls for 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic.
Washington says the system is aimed at so-called rogue states like Iran with a limited number of missiles, noting that Moscow could quickly overwhelm the system with its large arsenal. Russia views the move as an act of aggression.
Relations have remained chilly, even as Russia and Georgia on Wednesday held their first substantial talks since the war, a productive discussion on ways to ease tensions South Ossetia and Abkhazia, breakaway regions that Moscow has recognized as independent.
Before the meeting with Medvedev on Saturday, Bush issued a statement praising Georgia's "Rose Revolution" five years ago, when peaceful protests over a flawed election ultimately led to the fall of former leader Eduard Shevardnadze.
"On this anniversary, Americans honor the brave Georgia citizens who defended freedom, and we renew our commitment to supporting Georgia's democracy, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity," Bush said in a statement.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino there was no message in the timing of the statement's release. Continued...
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