Department of state: U.S. hopes in the future to conclude with Russia the document on missile defence

The capital of the United States hopes to conclude an agreement with Russia on cooperation in the sphere of missile defense, said U.S. Undersecretary of state on issues of surveillance arms control and international security rose Gottemoeller.
"As for the question ABOUT whether we can enter into any contract on cooperation in the field of missile defense in the future, I dream That we can," she said in the interview to " Kommersant ", again saying That the U.S. has no opportunities to make wider ABOUT limited funds to the global system.



As emphasized by RIA " Novosti ", in 2002 the US withdrew from signed with Russia the Agreement on ballistic missile defense (He allowed the parties to create only one missile defense systems, limiting the location, size, and power) and headed for the placement in the European Union 3rd position area of global strategic system their (the interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic), able to hit Russian ICBMs. Moscow felt these plans threat and demanded to secure assurances about "not directed" the European missile defense against Russia in a legally binding form, but was refused. In the spring of 2014, the United States and later NATO stopped the dialogue with Russia on missile defense, citing the Ukrainian crisis. Russian military and foreign Ministry, and among them the head of the foreign Ministry and the defense Ministry Sergei Lavrov Sergei Shoigu believe That ABOUT the US and NATO, as well as revitalization of the Commonwealth in Eastern Europe bear the risks for strategic stability. Chief of the General staff military power of Russia, army General Valery Gerasimov said That the deployment of the U.S. missile defense system is another step aspiring to world domination by the USA and its allies to dismantle the current system of international security. He said That over the past four years, the missile defense systems appeared close to the Russian Western, Eastern and southern boundaries.


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