Vladimir Putin meets members of the Valdai Discussion Club

"We are ready to cooperate with the West in the joint production of weapons to NATO standards. If this cooperation materializes, Russia will be ready to buy these weapons," Putin told a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.

1/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

September 11, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, meets meets members of the Valdai Discussion Club at Novo-Ogaryovo.

2/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

September 11, 2009. Hans-Henning Schroeder, Russia expert at German Institute for International and Security Affairs, left, and Hans-Joachim Spanger, staff researcher at Hessen Foundation for Research on Peace and Conflicts, seen before a Valdai Discussion Club meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo residence attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

3/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

September 11, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets members of the Valdai Discussion Club at Novo-Ogaryovo.

4/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

September 11, 2009. Nikolai Zlobin, Director of Russian and Asian Programs at U.S. Center for Defense Information, right, seen before a Valdai Discussion Club meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo residence attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

5/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

RIA Novosti Chief Editor Svetlana Mironyuk seen before a Valdai Discussion Club meeting attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

6/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

September 11, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets members of the Valdai Discussion Club at Novo-Ogaryovo.

7/7

© RIA Novosti . Aleksey Nikolskyi

/

Go to the mediabank

September 11, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, meets members of the Valdai Discussion Club at Novo-Ogaryovo.