RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 32, Part I, 15 February 2001
DEFENSE MINISTER CONDEMNS U.S. ON NMD. Defense Minister Igor Sergeev said on 14 February that American plans to build a national missile defense and to "destroy" the 1972 ABM treaty will make the world "unsafe," Interfax reported. But Sergei Rogov, the director of Moscow's Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada, was quoted in "Krasnaya zvezda" as saying that the Russian government will eventually have to negotiate with Washington on a post-ABM regime. Meanwhile, "Segodnya" suggested that Moscow has brought its current problems on itself in this sphere by adopting a generally anti-American line since last summer. 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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