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Thu, 03/10/2011 - 08:03
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Kremlin to create working group on ABM cooperation with NATO by March
BRUSSELS, March 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian president's administration will create an interagency working group on cooperation
with NATO on missile defence by March 18, Russian permanent representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.
"The presidential administration is building an interagency working
group on interaction with NATO in the field of missile defence. I plan to present its composition to the president of Russia by March 18 for approval," he said on Wednesday, March 9. Rogozin said the first results of Russia-NATO cooperation on missile
defence might be announced in June at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council.
"There are several important events coming that will determine the
negotiating trend. These are Joe Biden's talks in Moscow with the
president of the Russian Federation and his upcoming meeting with the head of government today," Rogozin said ahead of a two-day NATO ministerial meeting, to begin in Brussels on Thursday, March 10, where missile defence will be at the top of the agenda.
Russia will not attend the meeting, but "we want to understand how
much the discussion of missile defence in Europe within NATO goes faster than that in the Russia-NATO Council," the envoy said.
A third key event is the upcoming meeting of the Russia-NATO Council
foreign ministers in Berlin on April 15.
This will be followed by a meeting of the Russian and American
presidents in Deauville, and a meeting of the defence ministers within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council in June, where an initial review of the scope of missile defence cooperation between Russia and NATO has to be presented as required by the decisions adopted at the Lisbon summit.
with NATO on missile defence by March 18, Russian permanent representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.
"The presidential administration is building an interagency working
group on interaction with NATO in the field of missile defence. I plan to present its composition to the president of Russia by March 18 for approval," he said on Wednesday, March 9. Rogozin said the first results of Russia-NATO cooperation on missile
defence might be announced in June at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council.
"There are several important events coming that will determine the
negotiating trend. These are Joe Biden's talks in Moscow with the
president of the Russian Federation and his upcoming meeting with the head of government today," Rogozin said ahead of a two-day NATO ministerial meeting, to begin in Brussels on Thursday, March 10, where missile defence will be at the top of the agenda.
Russia will not attend the meeting, but "we want to understand how
much the discussion of missile defence in Europe within NATO goes faster than that in the Russia-NATO Council," the envoy said.
A third key event is the upcoming meeting of the Russia-NATO Council
foreign ministers in Berlin on April 15.
This will be followed by a meeting of the Russian and American
presidents in Deauville, and a meeting of the defence ministers within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council in June, where an initial review of the scope of missile defence cooperation between Russia and NATO has to be presented as required by the decisions adopted at the Lisbon summit.
