B4U India: U.S., Russia to talk about missile defense

U.S., Russia to talk about missile defense
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ANI India on 10 December, 2007 07:04:00
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia will hold senior-level talks
about missile defense in Budapest next Thursday, the U.S. State Department said
on Saturday.
"The United States will continue to discuss its ideas and proposals for
U.S.-Russia missile defense cooperation as well as radar cooperation to jointly
monitor ballistic missile threats launched out of the Middle East," the
department said in a statement.
Washington submitted a package of documents to Moscow last month setting out
compromise proposals it said were designed to soothe Russian concerns the
planned U.S. missile defense shield threatens its national security.
The United States wants to station interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar
in the Czech Republic as part of a shield it says is designed to protect Europe
from "rogue states" like Iran and North Korea.
Russia believes the shield is targeted against its missile arsenal and poses a
threat to its national security.
The U.S. delegation will be led by John Rood, the acting undersecretary of
state for arms control and international security. Russia's delegation will be
led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak.