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Merkel says "very good" relations with Medvedev.
By Mikhail Gusman
BERLIN, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she maintains "very good" relations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"It is very good that we speak frankly and discuss the situations in
our countries. I am willingly cooperating with him," she told Tass in an
interview on Thursday.
Merkel said it is important that German-Russian cooperation should not
be perceived as aimed against any third party.
"Political leaders of our countries should closely exchange opinions
in such a way so that nobody could even think it is aimed against someone
else," the chancellor said.
She praised the decision of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to
invite his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk to jointly mark the 70th
anniversary of Katyn tragedy.
"For Germany, as a neighbor of Poland, it is also important to have
good relations with Poland," Merkel said.
She recalled that Sejm representatives and the current president will
attend the celebrations of the 65th VE-Day anniversary in Moscow. "These
are important signals confirming that we in Europe cannot act against one
another. The Russian president excellently succeeds in overcoming old
trenches," the chancellor said.
The interview with Merkel will be published by Rossiiskaya gazeta and
aired by the Russian television channel.
.Russian speaker thanks Germany for care for Soviet WW2 graves.
BERLIN, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Federation Council speaker Sergei
Mironov thanked German Bundesrat President Jens Bohrnsen on Thursday for
care for Soviet war memorials.
"We highly appreciate the efforts of German authorities to preserve
Soviet war monuments and memorials," he said at a meeting with Bohrnsen
after laying a wreath to the Soviet Memorial in Treptow Park.
Mironov said it was specifically important on the background of "the
blasphemous campaign unleashed in several Central and East European
countries against Russian war memorials and graves."
He also expressed concern over attempts to "belittle the liberation
role of the Red Army, Soviet assistance to post-war restoration of East
Germany, the role of our country in the process of German unification."
Mironov expressed hope "all progressive forces of Germany will occupy
a consistent position on the important issue of bilateral relationship."
.Exit poll gives lead to Conservatives.
LONDON, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- An exit poll published after voting
closed in the British election on Thursday suggested the opposition
Conservatives would win, but fall short of an outright majority in
parliament.
The poll that surveyed over 20,000 voters suggested the centre-right
Conservatives were likely to win 307 seats and Labour 255 seats in the
lower House of Commons, both short of the 326 needed for a majority.
Liberal Democrats are likely to get 59 seats.
.Milliband says no party has moral right to power monopoly.
LONDON, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- British Foreign Secretary David Milliband
called on Friday to wait for the final election results and if no party
has won an absolute majority they should negotiate a new government.
"I think it is very important that we seek the time to allow the
voters preferences to be set out very, very clearly. If no party has an
absolute majority in the House of Commons, then it's obviously the case
that no party has a moral right to a monopoly of power and it's right that
parties talk to each other," he said.
In the meantime, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor of the
Conservative Party, said the voters had rejected the Labour Party.
"The Labour party has been decisively rejected, the Conservatives are
on course to win more seats in a general election than they've done for 80
years. And this is a decisive vote for change and I think Britain needs a
change of government," he said.
Exit polls suggested the opposition Conservatives would win, but fall
short of an outright majority in parliament.
The polls suggested Conservatives were likely to win 307 seats and
Labour 255 seats, both short of the 326 needed for a majority. Liberal
Democrats are likely to get 59 seats.
BERLIN, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she maintains "very good" relations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"It is very good that we speak frankly and discuss the situations in
our countries. I am willingly cooperating with him," she told Tass in an
interview on Thursday.
Merkel said it is important that German-Russian cooperation should not
be perceived as aimed against any third party.
"Political leaders of our countries should closely exchange opinions
in such a way so that nobody could even think it is aimed against someone
else," the chancellor said.
She praised the decision of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to
invite his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk to jointly mark the 70th
anniversary of Katyn tragedy.
"For Germany, as a neighbor of Poland, it is also important to have
good relations with Poland," Merkel said.
She recalled that Sejm representatives and the current president will
attend the celebrations of the 65th VE-Day anniversary in Moscow. "These
are important signals confirming that we in Europe cannot act against one
another. The Russian president excellently succeeds in overcoming old
trenches," the chancellor said.
The interview with Merkel will be published by Rossiiskaya gazeta and
aired by the Russian television channel.
.Russian speaker thanks Germany for care for Soviet WW2 graves.
BERLIN, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Federation Council speaker Sergei
Mironov thanked German Bundesrat President Jens Bohrnsen on Thursday for
care for Soviet war memorials.
"We highly appreciate the efforts of German authorities to preserve
Soviet war monuments and memorials," he said at a meeting with Bohrnsen
after laying a wreath to the Soviet Memorial in Treptow Park.
Mironov said it was specifically important on the background of "the
blasphemous campaign unleashed in several Central and East European
countries against Russian war memorials and graves."
He also expressed concern over attempts to "belittle the liberation
role of the Red Army, Soviet assistance to post-war restoration of East
Germany, the role of our country in the process of German unification."
Mironov expressed hope "all progressive forces of Germany will occupy
a consistent position on the important issue of bilateral relationship."
.Exit poll gives lead to Conservatives.
LONDON, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- An exit poll published after voting
closed in the British election on Thursday suggested the opposition
Conservatives would win, but fall short of an outright majority in
parliament.
The poll that surveyed over 20,000 voters suggested the centre-right
Conservatives were likely to win 307 seats and Labour 255 seats in the
lower House of Commons, both short of the 326 needed for a majority.
Liberal Democrats are likely to get 59 seats.
.Milliband says no party has moral right to power monopoly.
LONDON, May 7 (Itar-Tass) -- British Foreign Secretary David Milliband
called on Friday to wait for the final election results and if no party
has won an absolute majority they should negotiate a new government.
"I think it is very important that we seek the time to allow the
voters preferences to be set out very, very clearly. If no party has an
absolute majority in the House of Commons, then it's obviously the case
that no party has a moral right to a monopoly of power and it's right that
parties talk to each other," he said.
In the meantime, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor of the
Conservative Party, said the voters had rejected the Labour Party.
"The Labour party has been decisively rejected, the Conservatives are
on course to win more seats in a general election than they've done for 80
years. And this is a decisive vote for change and I think Britain needs a
change of government," he said.
Exit polls suggested the opposition Conservatives would win, but fall
short of an outright majority in parliament.
The polls suggested Conservatives were likely to win 307 seats and
Labour 255 seats, both short of the 326 needed for a majority. Liberal
Democrats are likely to get 59 seats.
