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bevin's avatar

"..In the struggle of the Bengali people for independence in 1971, we recognize the role of the Soviet Union. He was the first to recognize the new sovereign republic and assisted in the reconstruction of the economy destroyed during the war of liberation. An important point is the visit in 1972 of the first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to the USSR. Agreements were signed that laid the foundation for bilateral cooperation for decades to come..."

Now imagine a young Bengali talking about the long relationship with Britain...

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james's avatar

lol your last line.. well of course no one can!

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james's avatar

thanks karl... i enjoyed reading this..

lavrov is a brilliant speaker, so very capable of laying russias viewpoint out so clearly and with a great degree of detail and insight... there is no one on the other side of his argument that can present anything that touches him! no one in the west can articulate the west's viewpoint and position here with this type of finesse.. they are incapable.. so they get the msm to harp on 24-7 about how crimea must be returned to ukraine, but not a word on kosovo and on and on the double speak, or omission of details goes... on the other hand we have lavrov who calls a spade a spade and sees clearly all that is at play... he's no fool, and yet the west does all it can to silence this alternative viewpoint to what is taking place on the world stage with regard to ukraine and much, much more.. thank god we have lavrov and you share his commentary when it becomes available..

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Thanks james. His G-20 Presser will be posted tomorrow. India came through!! The Declaration is a breakthrough on many fronts. I'll include it tomorrow, but it's in English at this pdf, http://static.kremlin.ru/media/events/files/ru/muKY2rjiyAjPPE6UUmq0qOyqx98AxejZ.pdf

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james's avatar

thanks karl! that is a 37 page pdf... i am going to amuse myself with some other things tonight! stay well!

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Lantern Dude's avatar

I was interested in the words "... international law allows for the unilateral declaration of independence of part of the territory of a state, even without the consent of the central authorities." and immediately thought 'Scotland'. In every thing else james expressed for me.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

That's specifically when the central authorities don't govern in the interests of the people in said territory.

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Lantern Dude's avatar

Yes, thinking about it later I realised my comment was somewhat fatuous. The original reasoning revolved around the seeming requirement that Scotland 'needs' the permission of westminster pantomime to hold a referendum on the issue/option. It also facilitated the opportunity to comment on james' constructive contribution, which given your response and my confession, was all good as far as I,m concerned. Cheers ;o)

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Lantern Dude's avatar

Duh

james expressed it for me.

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