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Developing speaking skills. Task 17. Read the part of the interview with Rose Gottemoeller, the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control






Task 17. Read the part of the interview with Rose Gottemoeller, the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Chisinau, Moldova discussing nuclear weapons threat reduction, then with a partner act out a dialogue discussing one of the challenges in IR.

Q: In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart President Dmitry Medvedev signed a new nuclear arms reduction treaty. What is the most important aspect of this document?.............................................................
A: This treaty provides for mutual stability and predictability between the United States and the Russian Federation, who are the two biggest nuclear powers. Between us we still have over 90% of the deployed nuclear weapons in the world. Since the early 1970s we have been engaged in nuclear arms limitation and reduction, and this new treaty is a stabilizing and confidence building mechanism that will continue that process………………………………………
Q: Are the United States of America and Russia able to cooperate on the nuclear arms reduction issue, or does Russia perhaps have a specific interest?................
A: It is very interesting that even during the ‘darkest’ days of the Cold War, the United States and the Russian Federation, which at that time of course was the Soviet Union, worked very closely together on reducing and limiting nuclear arms. We have a history that proves that even during bad times we were able to work together because these treaties are in our mutual interest. They provide for enhanced security and stability between the two great nuclear powers. We have found that the implementation of the new treaty is going very well. Even today we have inspectors from the Russian Federation in the United States who are inspecting our facilities, and we have been coming to Russia for the same purpose………………
Q: What is the aim of your visit?..............................................................................
A: I came here to have a serious discussion on the future of conventional arms control in Europe. Moldova is a very active and responsible player in this area. Moldova chaired the review conference for the Conventional Forces in Europe arms control treaty that took place at the end of September in Vienna, and Moldovan diplomats did a very good job. We believe that the missile defense program that the U.S. is developing, the European phased adaptive approach, will benefit all countries in the Euro-Atlantic region, including of course the Republic of Moldova…………………………………………………………….

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