Post by Jaga on Apr 6, 2008 9:21:18 GMT -7
and this is due to the building of the target shield in Poland:
On missile defense, the document says both countries had expressed an interest in creating a system in which Russia, the United States and Europe "will participate as equal partners."
"The Russian side has made clear that it does not agree with the decision to establish sites in Poland and the Czech Republic and reiterated its proposed alternative," the declaration said. Russia has proposed using its existing missile defense sites in Azerbaijan as a key component.
The joint statement also said Russia appreciates unspecified measures the United States has offered that are intended to assure Moscow the system is intended not as a threat to Russia but to protect the United States and much of Europe from warheads launched from Iran or elsewhere in the Middle East.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bushputin7apr07,0,7696852.story
On missile defense, the document says both countries had expressed an interest in creating a system in which Russia, the United States and Europe "will participate as equal partners."
"The Russian side has made clear that it does not agree with the decision to establish sites in Poland and the Czech Republic and reiterated its proposed alternative," the declaration said. Russia has proposed using its existing missile defense sites in Azerbaijan as a key component.
The joint statement also said Russia appreciates unspecified measures the United States has offered that are intended to assure Moscow the system is intended not as a threat to Russia but to protect the United States and much of Europe from warheads launched from Iran or elsewhere in the Middle East.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bushputin7apr07,0,7696852.story