 |
|
Russia wants military officers at U.S. missile sites
USA Today
April 8, 2008
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia wants its military officers to be present at all times at planned U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic to make sure Russia is not a target, the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday.
 |
|
|
|
|
Sergey Lavrov warned that if Poland and the Czech Republic resist, that could “devaluate” the latest U.S. proposals intended to assuage Russia’s concerns about the missile shield.
“We are mostly interested in two things: permanent presence of our officers and reliable means of technical control” to make sure that a battery of 10 U.S. missile interceptors in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic are not directed at Russia, Lavrov said.
He said Polish and Czech officials had indicated they “don’t even want to hear about a permanent Russian presence.”
Lavrov said the U.S. had suggested that Russian officers could be deployed at Russian Embassies in Poland and the Czech Republic and visit the sites occasionally on the basis of reciprocity. He said that would not be enough to ease Russia’s concerns and scoffed at a push to visit Russian sites in response.
| Get your exclusive Prison Planet.tv membership today and enjoy a plethora of multimedia content as well as access to live video streaming of The Alex Jones Show – click here to subscribe. |
Print this page.
