but if you look at asia pacific. foreign investment from asia pacific to russia tripled during the time of crisis there is a very important development so also in one of your recent interviews you called russia a hero pacific country does russia sate self as one i think russia should consider itself as you are a pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and our trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. eurasia country because most of its territory is in asia and there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe pacific like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states so you're pretty much answered my question but if we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the eas

pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very. potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper if the russian president spoke at length about the importance of the asia pacific region and russia's cooperation with them.

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the white house said on thursday that obama will arrive in japan on november 12th for an asia pacific economic cooperation forum summit in yokohama. on the following day, obama will meet prime minister naoto kan to discuss a broad range of matters including bilateral issues and the nuclear programs of north korea and iran. but the white house says the two leaders will not issue a joint declaration on the deepening of bilateral relations to mark the 50th anniversary of the japan-u.s. security treaty. after the talks with kan, obama will travel to kamakura city near tokyo to see the great buddha statue which he visited as a child. white house, obama would be interested in visiting hiroshima and nagasaki sometime in the future, but he does not have any more time for official business since the focus of the trip is the apeck meetings. before the visit, he'll meet the chinese president hu jintao on november 11th in seoul on the sidelines of the group of 20 summit meeting. it indicated that the two leaders will discuss china's reported restrictions on exports of rare earth metals. >>> myanm

the tpp is a framework for liberalizing trade between signatory countries in the asia pacific region. nine countries, including the united states, australia, chile and malaysia have begun discussing the pact. the aim of the partnership is the elimination of tariffs on all products. it prevents members from charging custom duties on any items. in a recent policy speech to the diet kan expressed interest in talks into joining the partnership. he believes the regional free trade zone will help japan's economic growth by stimulating trade and investment. many of his cabinet ministers have expressed support. chief cabinet secretary yoesh yooeto sengoku said joining the tpp would represent a policy of openness. foreign minister sage yay maehara said the door to the tpp is being shut and that japan must not let politics get in the way of joining. but agricultural forestries and fisheries minister mitch hooeko cano and akihiro ohata are cautious. in the diet more than 100 lawmakers from the governing coalition parties recently met and agreed that joining the tpp would destroy japan's agricult

pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as very much. potential showing at.

with the asia pacific region but continued to while the world. global threat saw on the heels of a joint russia u.s. anti drugs operation in afghanistan the country's foreign minister there's more cooperation to come plus. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. one welcome to you this is a lie from moscow russia has a nuclear energy is the power of vietnam is comes as president if you visited the gathering of the asian tigers in vietnam the region's a rapid economic growth made it an emerging powerhouse of the world. has more from hanoi. this summit has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and some it's a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries very. potential sh

connections with asia pacific region. well indeed modernization is one of our key priorities for them for the most of these days you will group not only them not because we want to change everything around us but because thinking about the future is impossible without going forward and developing and russia wants to be a competitive country when it will be buggered russia has great natural resources that we remember that we years more together with the vietnamese counterparts and with other countries but national resources alone which is not enough to create a future with. it will must develop our country in line with what is going on in the entire world one of them and that means innovation means more efficient production more energy efficiency you know you placation of my technologies and every day life inmates in the education will do in their soul will allow us today to become dynamic. and be flexible enough to be. a bit more modern and better suited to the requirements of today. says what i mean by modernization with

nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very good potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper of course many issues were addressed during the a.c.n. working sessions of for example the issues of natural disasters which of course this region is specifically prone to specifically hurricanes tsunamis underwater explosions all those things this region suffers from them quite severely and the russian president expressed his condolences to the people of thailand which of course are at the moment suffering from that very face so dealing with natural calamities has been on the agenda for the summit leaders today also various other issues like economic cooperation global security dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis all those issues were discussed too much satisfaction it seems from the a.c.l.u. hers. can you tell us why you say why is the southeast asia region so attractive for russia. while the region is a very attr

with the asia pacific region countries as very. potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper if the russian president spoke at length about the importance of the asia pacific region and russia's cooperation with them. the successful completion of the new asia pacific is in the country's interest in. a constructive life i would like to note that russia is akin to this kind of ration especially the creation of alliances course many issues were addressed during the a.c.n. working sessions of for example the issues of natural disasters which of course this region is specifically prone to also various other issues like konami corporation global security dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis all those issues were discussed too much satisfaction it seems from the leaders region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia

pacific region with the asia pacific countries and russia it seems shares that sentiment all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest from yet means capital where. i want you live from moscow on the way for you brazil looks for and. as a president with record breaking popularity bows out we hear from the community speak lifted out of poverty. russia and the u.s. are celebrating their first joint victory in the war in afghanistan's opium trade on thursday their operative destroyed for drug producing labs in. country and seized a ton of heroin afghan president hamid karzai has denounced the operation saying it violates his country's sovereignty but russian officials say they are puzzled by this statement as everything have been agreed with the afghan interior minister in advance of the drug raid mark their return for russian special forces to afghanistan over twenty years after saudi troops left for some veterans of that war the news came as a complete shock because we are now reports. that gordon vis one vis one vis one vis one. and this one lost his leg and that he go

pacific region with the asia pacific countries and russia it seems shares that sentiment. because you know. georgia and russia could be one step away from a fresh spy scandal with reports to release of detained twenty people for alleged espionage on friday according to an anonymous source quoted by reuters the detainees are all georgian and are suspected of creating a spy network to gather secret information from moscow the georgian interior ministry has so far refused to comment and says it won't do so until the end of the week russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow is not aware of any details as there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries observers say the lack of clarification from tbilisi is an indictment of the authoritarian way the country is run. when someone is arrested they're entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore arrests are announced and it never happens i can't tell you how bizarre idea is to hear a police spokesman say. i can neither confirm nor deny that arrests ha

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russia is keen to strengthen ties with the asia pacific region which continues to wow the world with its economic prowess. reports of a russian spy ring. what's left of relations between the two but. it. really is going to. manage to. live from our studios here in central moscow this is good to have you with us russia's nuclear energy. this comes as president medvedev visit to a gathering of the so-called asian tigers the. economic growth has made. the world . has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the summits a lot of work has already been done the russian president taking part in today's addresses and working sessions are also said that russia's involvement in the exit pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as there.

the successful completion of the new asia pacific is in the country's interest in. a constructive life i would like to note that russia is a key to this kind of cooperation especially the creation of alliances of course many issues were addressed during the a.c.n. working sessions for example the issues of natural disasters which of course this region is specifically prone to specifically hurricanes tsunamis underwater explosions all those things this region suffers from them quite severely and the russian president expressed his condolences to the people of thailand which of course are at the moment suffering from that very face so dealing with natural calamities has been on the agenda for the a c. and summit leaders today also various other issues like economic cooperation global security dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis all those issues were discussed too much satisfaction it seems from the region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia's main partn

importance of the asia pacific region and russia's cooperation with. the successful completion of the new asia pacific house is in the country's interest in. a constructive life i would like to note that russia is open to this kind of cooperation especially the creation of alliances of course many issues were addressed during the ac and working sessions for example the issues of natural disasters which of course this region is specifically prone to also various other issues like economic cooperation global security dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis all those issues were discussed to my satisfaction it seems from the ac alligator's region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia's main partners and is of course a part of bric brazil russia india and china says some experts say one of the strongest emerging economies in the world today in those boys to deal with the effects of the global financial crisis a lot better than the so-called econom

ministers from 21 asia sxn pacific countries will meet in yokohama on november 10th and 11th. after that talks between leaders of the apec member nations take place on the 13th and 14th. apec's action plan is likely to call for making the distribution of goods in the region smoother and will standardize tariffs. it will also call for an information system to track cargo. when china's rare earth shipments to japan were suspended, it highlighted the impact of trade procedures in business. as chair country japan hopes to have the action plan included in a joint statement at the ministerial meeting. >>> tokyo stocks surged on thursday morning after wall street's gains overnight. the nikkei 225 ended the morning session at 9,574, up 1.8% from wednesday's close. speculation the u.s. will further ease monetary policy prompted a stockpiling spree. that encouraged tokyo investors to jump into the market as well. talk of monetary easing by the federal reserve is also pushing the dollar lower. it's now trading between 81.41-44. the euro is currently at 114.66-71. and here's a look at the

positioning of the global hawk to the asia pacific region is china's growing military presence. the asian giant has been flexing its military muscles for the past few years and its navy is increasingly active in the south and east china seas. in march last year, five chinese ships, including a war ship, surrounded a u.s. navy survey vessel in the south china sea preventing it from moving. after the incident, u.s. military planners worry that china's navy could off-track other u.s. vessels traveling through the region. >> they want to be considered a major power player in the world. well, then they need to act in that kind of responsible fashion. they need to help maintain those sea lines of communication. in and around the south china sea though, they pose a more threatening posture. >> reporter: last month in guam, the u.s. navy conducted a large-scale drill with the marine corps. both navy and marine corps officials see it as crucial to keeping china's military in check. in fact, the marine corps is planning to move 8,000 marinesf. the navy is planning an overhaul of its base

. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we also celebrate what we call the asian-pacific islanders as well, in terms of culture, experience, and multidisciplinary arts. >> the festival is actually very wide-ranging. you have 16 venues, and how many different performing arts centers? >> we have over 85 artists participating, 16 venues, 21 events. there are over 15 groups that are performing. >> there recently kicked off at the beginning of may and will continue through june 13? correct? >> that is correct. unlike in the past years, we have had to expand the festival because there has been so much activity and so many people want to be part of the celebration. we're very honored and pleased to have the festival going all the way into june. >> we're kind of coming in on one of the groups. >> francis is one of the pioneers of the asian ameri

he told them that japan/china relations are important not only for the asia-pacific region but also for the world. he explained that japan dealt with the incident properly based on japanese law. his counterparts reportedly expressed understanding. during their meeting, kan and south korean president lee myung-bak agreed to continue working together in dealing with north korea's nuclear program and other issues. the north recently selected kim jong- jong-un, the third son of leader kim jong-il as the next leader. >>> the u.s. ambassador to the philippines says his country is willing to help formulate a code of conduct between china and asean countries concerning a territorial dispute in the south china sea. china, the philippines, and three other countries and taiwan claimed sovereignty over the sprattley islands. asean members are working on a code of conduct to prevent clashes and pave the way for a peaceful resolution to the dispute. harry thomas held a news conference in manilla on monday. he urged the members to start talks on the code. he said the united states seeks to assure stab