RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 24, Part I, 5 February 2001
SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY WARNS OF NEW ARMS RACE. In a speech to a NATO security conference in Munich on 4 February, Sergei Ivanov said that "the destruction of the ABM treaty will result in the annihilation of the whole structure of strategic stability and create the prerequisites for a new arms race including in outer space," Reuters reported. But if the U.S. stays within that treaty's limitations, Ivanov said, Moscow is prepared to negotiate even deeper cuts in strategic arms. In other comments, Ivanov said that the Taliban currently maintains 30 training camps for "terrorist commandos from Central Asian, Arab, and European countries." He also called on Western countries to "demonstrate understanding" for Russia's calls for debt rescheduling. "By refusing to waive part of one's profit today," Ivanov warned, "tomorrow one may get results which may turn out to be much more expensive - and not only from the point of view of economics. As we all know, politics has to be paid for." PG
Copyright (c) 2001. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. http://www.rferl.org
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