Bush Arrives in Russia for G8 Summit and Talks with Putin
President Bush is in St. Petersburg, Russia, for talks with President Vladimir Putin, ahead of the Group of Eight economic summit. President Bush and his wife Laura went straight to the monument honoring the World War Two defenders of Leningrad, the wartime name for St. Petersburg. The president then went to the residence of the U.S. consul general in the city to meet with Russian human rights activists ahead of an evening dinner with President Putin. President Bush has said he will raise concerns about human rights, press freedom and democracy in Russia during the discussions but will not scold Mr. Putin.
The two leaders also are expected to discuss the nuclear crises in Iran and North Korea, and the escalating fighting in the Middle East. The summit of the world's seven leading industrial countries plus Russia gets under way in St. Petersburg Saturday.
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布什總統(tǒng)抵達俄羅斯圣彼得堡，準備在參加八國集團首腦會談之前和俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京會晤。布什總統(tǒng)和夫人勞拉抵達后直接前往紀念二戰(zhàn)期間列寧格勒保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)犧牲者的紀念碑。圣彼得堡在二戰(zhàn)期間名為列寧格勒。布什總統(tǒng)隨后前往美國駐圣彼得堡的總領事官邸，在參加普京舉行的晚宴之前會見俄羅斯人權活動人士。布什總統(tǒng)曾經表示，在和普京總統(tǒng)會談時，將提出對俄羅斯的人權、新聞自由和民主進程的關注，但是不會對普京提出指責。
預計這兩位領導人還將討論伊朗和北韓的核危機以及中東地區(qū)不斷升級的沖突。世界上7個主要工業(yè)化國家和俄羅斯的領導人星期六在圣彼得堡舉行高峰會議。
President Bush is in St. Petersburg, Russia, for talks with President Vladimir Putin, ahead of the Group of Eight economic summit. President Bush and his wife Laura went straight to the monument honoring the World War Two defenders of Leningrad, the wartime name for St. Petersburg. The president then went to the residence of the U.S. consul general in the city to meet with Russian human rights activists ahead of an evening dinner with President Putin. President Bush has said he will raise concerns about human rights, press freedom and democracy in Russia during the discussions but will not scold Mr. Putin.
The two leaders also are expected to discuss the nuclear crises in Iran and North Korea, and the escalating fighting in the Middle East. The summit of the world's seven leading industrial countries plus Russia gets under way in St. Petersburg Saturday.
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布什總統(tǒng)抵達俄羅斯圣彼得堡，準備在參加八國集團首腦會談之前和俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京會晤。布什總統(tǒng)和夫人勞拉抵達后直接前往紀念二戰(zhàn)期間列寧格勒保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)犧牲者的紀念碑。圣彼得堡在二戰(zhàn)期間名為列寧格勒。布什總統(tǒng)隨后前往美國駐圣彼得堡的總領事官邸，在參加普京舉行的晚宴之前會見俄羅斯人權活動人士。布什總統(tǒng)曾經表示，在和普京總統(tǒng)會談時，將提出對俄羅斯的人權、新聞自由和民主進程的關注，但是不會對普京提出指責。
預計這兩位領導人還將討論伊朗和北韓的核危機以及中東地區(qū)不斷升級的沖突。世界上7個主要工業(yè)化國家和俄羅斯的領導人星期六在圣彼得堡舉行高峰會議。