Russia Rejects U.S. Offer to Jointly Create Missile Defence System

Russia Rejects U.S. Offer to Jointly Create Missile Defence System
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2007/04/02/noshield.shtml

Russia has no plans to allow a U.S. missile defense shield onto its soil,
Reuters quoted Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Saturday, after a
senior source said Moscow was ready to discuss a collective system against
any attack by rogue states.

"This information is incorrect and absolutely does not reflect Russia's
position on missile defense," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin
said in a brief statement.

On Friday a senior Russian Foreign Ministry source said Russia could host
the shield on its own territory if the United States rethinks plans for a
system on Russia's borders.

President Bush telephoned his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, this week
to offer consultations on his plan to base a radar station in the Czech
Republic and a missile battery in Poland.

Washington says the system is needed as defense from "rogue states" like
North Korea and Iran. Russia rejects that argument and says the shield
threatens its security.

The senior foreign ministry source said he hoped the consultations would
eventually lead to Washington switching to a collective defense system,
involving Russia.

"If there is a threat from North Korea or Iran then it would make sense to
use our territory. And why shouldn't we do that?" said the source.

He said a year ago NATO and Russia had been in talks about a joint missile
defense system but those negotiations had been broken off "apparently
because the United States wanted to develop its own, unilateral system".

Since Bush and Putin spoke on Wednesday "we are hearing from U.S.
representatives a readiness for partnership on the missile shield", he
added.


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