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PA Peace Group Says Dialogue Between U.S., Russia And China Will Help Find Common Ground

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Monday, April 6, 2009   

Philadelphia, PA - A Pennsylvania group committed to peace, humanitarianism and social justice says getting a dialogue started between the U.S. and such other world powers as Russia and China may lay a foundation for a safer and more peaceful world. Alexis Moore, associate director of external affairs and director of media relations for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), says President Obama's sit-downs with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao ahead of last week's G-20 summit can help put strained relations back on course.

"We've found, through practice, that when you bring people to dialogue they find common ground and often move forward in a more engaged fashion that leads to peace."

Moore says emphasis has to be put on the potential of the talks.

"We think it's a very good sign that they've met and that the President wants to restart these relationships on a more positive, or at least neutral, footing."

He says a lesson can be taken from the AFSC's own 90-year-old notebook.

"We worked to ease tensions between the then-USSR and the United States. We provided medical help to Chinese civilians as far back as 1940. Peace and truth are not the exclusive possession of any one group."

There are those who say China's record of human rights violations and U.S. differences with Russia on NATO expansion and on Moscow's relations with neighbors such as Georgia are potential stumbling blocks that could surface in talks between the countries.


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