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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (158941)	7/8/2001 1:51:03 AM
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Bush, Putin Talk About Economic Relations _____Special Reports_____ By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 7, 2001; Page A07 KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, July 6 -- A day after speaking for the first time with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, President Bush took a break from his 55th birthday celebration today to have what his staff called a warmer call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bush announced that as a follow-up to a summit between the two leaders last month in Slovenia, he plans to dispatch two Cabinet members to Moscow for a trade mission late this month. The president, who was criticized by some Republicans for his effusive description of the bond of trust he felt during his meeting with Putin, said today that he plans to have a series of conversations with Putin over the summer. A date is being finalized for a meeting between the two at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Tex. "It's good for our nations, and it's also good for the world for us to develop a good relationship, so we can work together to make the world more secure," Bush said, picking grass out of the spikes of his golf shoes as he lounged in his golf cart after playing 18 holes this morning. "We share common interests," Bush continued. "He's deeply concerned about extremism and what extremism can mean to Russia. And, as you know, I am, too. He recognizes there are new threats in the 21st century. The United States is not a threat. And we can work cooperatively to address the new threats of the 21st century." Bush spoke shortly before the 10-minute conversation, which Putin had requested. "I presume he's calling to wish me a happy birthday," the president joked. "If not, I'll remind him it's my birthday, so he can do that. But I look forward to talking to him." For the trade mission, Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice will fly to Moscow after the G-8 summit of industrial nations ends in Italy. Rice, who was the National Security Council's senior director of Soviet and East European affairs in the first Bush administration, will continue on to Ukraine. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Bush's conversation with Putin focused on ways they could work together to improve economic relations. "It's a sign of the strength of U.S.-Russia relations, the importance that President Bush attaches to helping Russia to have a strong economy," Fleischer said. "The president believes that a strong Russian economy is in America's national interest and in the interest of the world." © 2001 The Washington Post Company washingtonpost.com