the form has been initiated by the member states of the so- called shanghai cooperation organization. it is designed to be a high-end international conference in the vast eurasian region bringing together china and countries in central asia. they are engaged in extensive fruitful dialogue. they have made to bill manson cross-regional cooperation and trade. the euroasian economic forum is set to open. we have the latest. >> the fifth forum will soon kick off here and we are expecting a keynote speech from the vice premier. regarding the future of the eurasia economy. the form has been -- for room has been canceled four times. and raised to a strategic level. during the trip he proposed to construct a new road which is seen as a center for peace. this was a route for commerce, connecting asia and curope. -- europe. so it is not only the concept of the new silk road. a clear road map involved and that includes connectivity. it is seen as crucial timing for the development of the eurasian economy. representatives are more than 75 countries. we are expecting changes among eurasian countrie

and i represented half of the world's population the shanghai cooperation organization will be looking at how it can lend its weight to peace in syria and for that to happen though it's thought that iran will have to play a major role still to come here on r.t. we were poured on the organization's summit today in. the meantime here on the program the director of intelligence in the u.s. has said the wide ranging leaks on the n.s.a. spy program have fueled an important debate on the tradeoff between privacy and national security though he says he's worried there are more revelations from whistleblower edward snowden still to come here at r.t. we spoke to were now. kevin mitnick. while he believes that snowden secret leaking can indeed be criticized he still thinks the revelations were crucial for america. i have some mixed feelings that he did cross the line when he revealed n.s.a. operations that we have against other countries because as we all know all countries spy on each other i think is a whistleblower you know i don't look at him as a true i'm actually glad that he revealed what

now representing half of the world's population the shanghai cooperation organization will be looking at how it can lend its weight to getting peace in syria about to happen is thought iran will have to play a major role coming up here on our report on the organization summit that starts today in kyrgyzstan. and politicians straight with themselves in red white and blue as they call in the french compatriots to buy locally and keep their hard earned money in the country. and the rest of the wall. top headlines are just around the corner here on out. to gold. plates technology innovation called the list of belem inst from around russia we've got the future covered. this immediately below so we leave the people. by the sea potion securely play your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. food since changing the world lights never. come full picture of today's leaves my own designs from around the globe. look to. fifty. thanks

and representing half of the world's population the shanghai cooperation organization will be looking at how it can lend its weight to getting peace in syria. iran will have to play a major role still to come here we report on the organization summit it starts today. to build the world's most sophisticated. mission to teach me the creation and why it should care about. is why you should care only. russia has formally presented a proposal for the disarmament of syria's chemical arsenal and has personally appealed to the american public and political establishment to give negotiations a chance in war torn syria so tough questions remain primarily with the washington can we frame from its habit of using brute force. mission free could you take three. four judges free. arrangement free. free. free. free broadcast quality video for your media project a free media. thank you for joining us here on r t today the director of intelligence in america said the wide ranging leaks on the n.s.a. spying program have fueled an important debate on the tradeoff between privacy. national security though

representing hoffa of the wall its population the shanghai cooperation organization will be looking at how it can bend its way to peace in syria and for that to happen is thought iran will have to play a major role still to come here on azzi we report on the organization summit it starts today in critical stuff. the main competitor girl on the market is mother nature. may customers struggle with to. fight for each draw from in the you do if you supply. let people think i are prices pure water. the life on our teeth. they use it up there and wash their hands. and flush their toilets with the same lawyer that this series is selling and spring water. choose your language. of choice make it with zero if you are going to stay still someone that. chooses to use the consensus you. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories that in your life choose the access to to offer. thank you for joining us here on r.t. today i'm rule research and the director of intelligence in the us has said that the wide ranging leaks on the n.s.a. spy program fueled an important debate on the tradeoff

on the planet that of the shanghai cooperation organization which represents well more than half of all humanity and it all starts meeting today including stan aside from the usual talk of a never tired economic and military alliance syria is certainly featuring heavily on the agenda. going off far this report. besides the six constant members of the shanghai cooperation organization which include russia and china its observers are also here including india and iran they're also looking at becoming constant members of the organization it's in large mint is one of the things that are going to be discussed here as well as joint economic projects and the situation in afghanistan which is also here it's an observer as well but it's syria which is going to be definitely the key issues on the table iran is a key player in the region and it's widely agreed including by senior u.n. officials that any diplomatic and peaceful solution of the conflict in syria would not be possible without tehran's involvement iran stance on the situation has been the similar to russia's and china's saying tha

and representing half of the world's population the shanghai cooperation organization will be looking at how it can lend its weight to peace in syria and for that to happen though it's thought iran will have to play a major role coming up here on a report on the organization's summit starting today in kyrgyzstan. and politicians draping themselves in red white and blue as they call in the french compact to buy local and to keep their money inside the country. for the meantime here on the director of intelligence in the united states has said the wide ranging leaks on the n.s.a. spy program have fueled an important debate on the tradeoff between privacy and national security but he says he's worried there are more revelations still to come from edward snowden. and for kevin mitnick here in our moscow studios while he believes that snowden's secret leaking can be criticized he still feels the revelations were crucial for americans. i have some mixed feelings that he did cross the line when he revealed n.s.a. operations that we have against other countries because as we all know all coun

is bringing a live report from the shanghai cooperation organization and all it hopes to do to bring syria's vicious civil war turned. so no evidence has been made public as to who was behind august chemical at the time was triggered course for intervention from the west america and its european allies insist there is no. no doubt our sons to blame but some westerners who were in syria during that sign have challenge that. belgian rights. and went to syria under the opposition's protection but spent months held captive by rebels and he told my colleague bill daubed why he doesn't believe assad is behind that. balls. i don't think bashar al assad in the syrian government are to blame for the chemical attack and. during that time my italian friend and i had been taken hostage by jihadists from the oil for root group in syria we were held at one point in a room facing an office of the free syrian army and the elf jihadist group we have been in the barracks of the priest syrian army and a jihadist group as well and we heard a conversation from this office the conversation was between one

where is also dominating a meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization in kurdistan a group which represents more than hold the world's population the summit iran's new president and says that any possibility of force against syria must be condemned and it. has the details. the russian president vladimir putin met with the iranian leader for the first time since he was elected and obviously syria was in the spotlight both countries are completely on the same page when it comes to understanding that any foreign military intervention would not only lead to more violence in syria itself but would risk spreading it throughout the whole region also both the welcomed serious decision to sign up for the international convention on chemical weapons which basically bans the use and the fact that it agreed to the proposal to move control over its chemicals or signal to the international community in fact mr rowhani added that the way this proposal's been acting else so for greece view chances for a peaceful solution in the meantime is now widely recognized including by u.n. senior officials

that's why they are grouped together as the shanghai cooperation organization. putin personally after he was -- his diplomats were tricked and deceived about libya where nato was allegedly just going to protect the population of benghazi and it somehow inded up with gadhafi being murdered. they are digging their heels in with assad. the other plus point for them, is that whereas the united states has shown itself a very inconstant ally, mostly like people like mu bbaracmubarack, russians are quite loyal to their allies like with assad. >> it seems to me like sort of an impossibly high standard because this is all high probabilitieses, you never know what the consequences are going to be. did you look at an intervention that was successful or what criteria would you look at for a potential intervention? >> that's a very good question. everybody knows, all of this talk from politicians in west, our foreign secretary or your secretary of state, about the moderate rebels and we're going to help the moderate rebels. if you know anybody who has been in involved in mov

shanghai security cooperation. football championship the asia pacific called christian organization. games. question is. your questions you mentioned some advance but what is your question. what are russia's initial intentions in sponsoring said share in hosting such events in russia. so your first question was some about russia china relations you're right china. but. for us. and i don't mean. china russia is number one hundred. thirty three are treated to turn old. dollars more than a human being. but if this is not only reason why don't we would russia russian china's really. stepping up. we are thinking. you know it's called going to. manufacturing. and building the airliner here there are. parade you know every culture nuclear energy and. chinese. trust. you know that currently. we are working with. and we work with. third and fourth in the navy in the war really have to reduce so this area of cooperation and . operation this is very important and of course. you know that gazprom has a lot of land to supply ch

japanese organizers say the chinese authorities have been cooperative. . >> translator: chinese people know that japanese products are of high quality. they are keen to do business with us. i hope to work with them to make my company globally competitive. >> translator: i don't see the soured diplomatic relations as having much of an impact on our business. japanese products have already become part of the daily lives of chinese people. >> the organizers expect to draw 7,000 people from japan and china. >>> engineers are trying to generate electricity from an unlikely source. they're hoping to harness the temperature difference between the ocean's warm surface and its cooler deep waters. a group of japanese research are developing the world's first under sea power generatoring using this technology. they call it ocean thermal ener energy. japan marine united and osaka university are collaborating on the initiative. they hope to commercialize the system in seven years. the technology uses warm water on the surface of the sea to heat liquid ammonia. the resulting steam rotates a turbine