MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will address an international forum on global politics and security in France to propose the creation of a new European security system, the Kremlin website said on Tuesday.
The first World Policy Conference is being held at the French town of Evian until Wednesday and has gathered global leaders, heads of states and international organizations, and leading experts on international affairs. Medvedev will deliver his address on the forum's final day.
"I intend to present my vision and my ideas on solving current global problems," Medvedev said in a video address on the Kremlin website.
The Russian president reiterated that "the former security system has become obsolete and ineffective."
"The current agreements are not reflecting the changes in the real global situation. Developments in Iraq, Kosovo, the Caucasus and Afghanistan clearly show this," he said.
"The current crisis in global politics and finances demand immediate and coordinated efforts. The time has come to come up with new solutions [to global problems]," Medvedev said.
He urged all heads of states to maintain constant contact with each other in search of a common solution to urgent global problems.
"We all need to have security guarantees and to develop mutual trust," Medvedev said.
The idea of drawing up a new legally binding European security treaty was put forward by Medvedev in June.
Medvedev said at the time that all European states should be party to such a treaty "not as states associated into blocs and alliances, but as sovereign entities."
He said any new security arrangements should be based on "pure" national interests, not skewed by ideological motives, while "organizations operating in the Euro-Atlantic region" should also have the opportunity to join.
The EU, which condemned Russia's attack on Georgia, suspended talks on a treaty to replace the previous one that expired in 2007, demanding Moscow withdraw all troops from the Caucasus state.
Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said Medvedev also planned to hold a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart, Nikolas Sarkozy, on the sidelines of the conference for discussions to include the situation surrounding the disputed Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
"The heads of states are set to discuss a broad variety of topical international issues, including the resolution of the situation in the Caucasus, ways to overcome the world's financial crisis and developments in the most acute regional conflicts," Prikhodko said.
The presidential aide said Medvedev and Sarkozy would pay special attention to relations between Russia and the European Union, whose rotating presidency France currently holds, and preparations for the Russia-EU summit in Nice next month.
