RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 12, Part I, 18 January 2001
RUSSIA, FRANCE AGREE ON NMD. Security Council Secretary Ivanov said that he and visiting French Defense Minister Alain Richard agreed on the importance of maintaining the 1972 ABM treaty, Russian and Western agencies reported. The agencies disagreed as to the extent the two sides had agreed to investigate the use of depleted uranium shells in Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said after his meeting with Richard that the two countries will explore the joint development and manufacture of arms in meetings over the next several months, Interfax reported. And Defense Minister Igor Sergeev said that the two have agreed to move towards "full-scale cooperation in the military sphere." PG
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