KOKOSHIN: US NOT TO CONTROL RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR OBJECTS
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - The joint Russian-US statement on cooperation in the sphere of nuclear security does not imply US control over Russian nuclear objects, said State Duma deputy, former secretary of the Russian Security Council Andrei Kokoshin.
"Any control over these or those Russian nuclear objects is out of the question," Mr. Kokoshin told journalists.
According to him, some US politicians would like to control nuclear objects in Russia.
"However, the US administration understands that the Russian leadership defending national interests will never renounce Russia's sovereign rights, in particular, in this sphere," Mr. Kokoshin stressed.
The document says that "the condition of the protection of the Russian and US nuclear objects meets modern demands" and both countries should make all efforts to increase the level of protection of nuclear objects in the countries where it is insufficient, Mr. Kokoshin noted.
In his words, the joint statement "can play a very important role in the prevention of terrorists' seizure of nuclear and radiological weapons". On the basis of this document Russia and the United States being equal partners can and should lead the international community to the solution of this vital problem.
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