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Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2010 NATO leaders have rejected a proposal from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to unite the country's missile defenses with a shield being built by the West, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. After a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Portugal last week, Medvedev pledged to work with the transatlantic alliance on a missile defense system for Europe but insisted Moscow must be an "absolutely equal" partner. Yet summit attendees told the Journal that US President Brack Obama and other leaders of the 28 allied nations diplomatically rebuffed Medvedev's plans, saying their own technical experts should examine the issue. The experts will search for ways the two systems can cooperate and report back to a meeting of NATO and Russian defense ministers in Brussels in June, it added. Medvedev's proposal goes way beyond the alliance's vision for cooperation and information between two systems rather than a single one, the newspaper said, citing NATO diplomats. Moscow and NATO broke off all contacts two years ago following Russia's invasion of its tiny NATO-aspiring neighbour Georgia. Last weekend's summit in Lisbon aimed to restore those relations, with the two sides finding particular agreement over Afghanistan.
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McCain: 'Waste no time' on missile shieldWashington (AFP) Nov 22, 2010 The United States and its NATO allies must move forward with developing and deploying a missile shield to protect Europe, with or without Russian cooperation, senior US Senator John McCain said Monday. "The United States and NATO should waste no time in continuing to develop and deploy the missile defense systems in Europe necessary for our common security - with Russian cooperation if poss ... read more |
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