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Russia could ditch Kaliningrad missile plan, Medvedev tells paper
Moscow (AFP) Nov 13, 2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a French newspaper Thursday that Russia would drop plans to place missiles in Kaliningrad if the United States dropped its missile shield plans. "We are ready to negotiate a zero option," Medvedev said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro. "We are ready to abandon the decision to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad if the new US administration, after analysing the real use of a system to respond to 'rogue states,' decides to abandon its missile system," he said. The Russian leader went on to defend his announcement of Russian missile deployments to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave wedged between NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania. He said the Russian move was a logical response to US plans to place missile defence facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic. "I think it's an absolutely reasonable decision. We didn't start this and this is just a response to unilateral decisions that were taken to deploy missiles and a radar," Medvedev said. In a Kremlin transcript of the interview Medvedev also said he saw room for negotiation with the incoming US administration of Barack Obama. "Our future partners are thinking about whether it's useful or not, whether it's efficient or not. That means we have something to talk about," Medvedev said. The current US administration has argued the deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland is essential to guard against a possible future missile threat from "rogue states" such as Iran. Russia has said the planned US installations so close to its borders are a threat to its own defences and says the plans are in fact part of a broader aim of building up US and NATO bases on its western frontier. Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
US, Russia to hold nuclear talks in Geneva
Geneva (AFP) Nov 12, 2008The United States and Russia will hold a week of talks starting Thursday in Geneva to try to agree on a new nuclear weapons treaty, a US spokesperson said. |
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