Please choose the right word or phrase and fill the gaps. Each word or phrase should be used only once. You have 8 minutes.

V. Shushunova

At brief summit

Russian and American presidents on Friday jointly 1)_________ their full support for the 2)____________________________ Iraq and called on Baghdad «3)_________ fully and immediately» ____ its disarmament demands or «face serious consequences».

But the Russian president made clear in comments to reporters after the 90-minute meeting that he remains concerned that Washington is only waiting before 4)____________ on Iraq. He said, «We agree that we have to make sure that Iraq has no 5)_______________ in its possession». But, he added, «We do believe that we have to stay 6)_________________» of the UN resolution.

Russian officials say they have 7)_____________________ with the U.S. administration ___ Russia's economic interests in Iraq, including concerns about the price of oil as a result of an Iraqi oil boom should President Saddam Hussein be 8)___________________.

While denying that there has been a specific agreement, US officials say they are aware of Russian 9)_________________ and are 10)__________________ in planning for a post-Saddam Iraq. «We understand that Russia has got interests there, as do other countries», the US president told an independent Russian television station. «And of course those interests will be honored».

«Putin is a very pragmatic politician», said a spokesman of a research organization that has focused on US -Russian relations. «Instead of trying to stop things that are going to happen anyway, he tries to get the most he can, both for his country and for himself politically». At the top of Putin's list of economic concerns is the fear of collapsing oil prices once UN 11)_________________________and Western investment begins to pour into the neglected Iraqi oil sector.

While acknowledging that discussions have taken place with the Russians over the price of oil, US officials dismissed suggestions that the United States can influence the market very much. «Generally, we would like to see stability in the oil price», said a US official involved in Russia negotiations. «Sharp changes 12)__________________________».

Ex. 2 Pp 90-91 “at brief summit”

Match the definitions:

K. Ogdonova

Ex. 3 N. Tchaikovsky

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Please choose the right word or phrase and fill the gaps. Each word or phrase should be used only once. You have 8 minutes.

On the way to nuclear deal

Verify, abide bv, is scheduled to, were focusing on, verification measures, START I, ruling out

Option, inspections, transparency, breakthrough, testing a missile defense system, ABM Treaty, constrains, scrap, withdrawing, accord, outmoded, top foreign policy priorities

Notifications, provisions, stockpile

Verification measures to be discussed at meeting with Russian president A deal between the United States and Russia to sharply reduce nuclear weapons is "just about done," and the two countries are now looking for ways to ………….(1) that they abide bv the proposed limits, US Secretary of State said today.

The US Secretary of State, who ………………..(2) meet Russian President on Monday, said discussions ……………….(3) how to apply ………………………(4) included in the earlier …………..(5) and START II arms control treaties to the new limits proposed for offensive weapons.

The US administration has said it was willing to reach a written agreement extending these measures, such as mutual inspections. Asked by reporters whether this agreement could take the shape of a formal treaty, a senior State Department official said today the administration was not …………..(6) any ………….(7).

At a meeting with Russian president in the United States last month, the US President announced he was prepared to reduce the US s………..(8) to between 1,700 and 2,200 long-range nuclear warheads. Russian president said he was willing to cut his weapons to roughly 2,000 warheads.

"The offensive weapons are just about done. All we have to do is hear a number from them and then talk through the verification and other issues," Secretary of State said on his airplane en route to Moscow, the sixth stop on his tour of European and Central Asian countries. There will be a "big concentration on ……………….(9) so both sides know what the other is doing [and on] exchange of information on our various programs."

Secretary of State sounded less optimistic, however, about a …………………(10) in talks on the ……………….(11) that could allow the US administration to proceed with ……………………….(12), now barred by the 1972 accord. US officials consider the treaty ………………(13), but Russian president has called it central to maintaining stability between the nuclear powers.

"There is still this disagreement with respect to our missile defense programs," Secretary of State said. "Increasingly, the ABM Treaty ……………..(15) what the president feels we must do in order to get our missile defense systems."

While US officials want to ………….(16) the treaty, many in the administration have been willing to reach an interim understanding with Russia that could allow testing to proceed while putting off a final decision about ……………….(17) from the ………………..(18). Secretary of State said he would be seeking "new ideas" in talks with Russian officials about how to permit the Pentagon's test program to move ahead. The United States is eager to proceed in the coming months with tests that could violate the treaty.

Although missile defense remains one of the administration's top foreign policy priorities, the most noticeable progress in talks with Russia has been in the field of reducing offensive weapons, which has become Moscow's priority in nuclear talks.

Although Bush has also called for sharp reductions in warheads, US officials have consistently said they want to avoid a new, burdensome arms control treaty. But in response to Russian president's insistence on written commitments, US president said last month he would be willing to put a new agreement on paper. "Wfe're willing to do this in written form," a senior State Department official repeated today. "Not necessarily a treaty."

"What we don't want to lose is the verification and notifications and other provisions of START I and some of the provisions of START II," Secretary of State said.

In a statement released Friday, the State Department said, "A significant aspect of the START Treaty's regime lies in its use of verifiable methods to monitor its implementation." These include "the right to do on-site insnections and other verification measures." The treaty also calls for "data exchanges and notifications on each side's strategic systems as well as exchanges of telemetry data from missile flight tests."

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