Palin´s premiere with foreign leaders by Zuzana Zelenakova

44 year old Sarah Louise Heath Palin who is the current governor of Alaska and at the same time the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election has just made another step forward in her campaign as she met world leaders for the first time. Palin´s premiere took place in New York where she talked to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe as well as former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Palin has been frequently criticized for her lack of experience in the field of foreign policy. There is her reaction to those voices. As the Alaska governor received her passport only last year she had not met any of world leaders until now. Palin who was chosen by the Republican presidential candidate John McCain as his “running mate” on August 29, 2008 discussed security problems in Afghanistan with President Karzai. “I found her quite a capable woman,” he said later. “She asked the right questions on Afghanistan.” With President Uribe she talked about the fight against drugs and trade issues. When it comes to her meeting with Henry Kissinger she mainly tried to gain some precious information on the situation in Georgia, Russia, China and Iran. "Rather than make specific policy prescriptions, she was largely listening, having an exchange of views and also very interested in forming a relationship with people she met with today," he said. On Wednesday, Palin together with John McCain are scheduled to meet with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Later Palin alone will meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. All this seems to be a preparation for Palin before a debate on 2 October with Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee for the November 2008 election, who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.


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by Zuzana Zelenakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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