Moscow expects U.S. reaction to missile defense system by year end

15:14, 18 May 2010

WASHINGTON. May 18. KAZINFORM The U.S. administration's reaction to Russia's proposal of participating in the creation of a European missile defense system will be clear by the end of the year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Ivanov said Russia has not reversed its offer of using its radar systems in cooperation with the United States to create an incorporated system in Europe and that talks on the new system would continue.

"But cooperation needs to be from A to Z: to the end," Ivanov said, adding: "We will assess the threats together, evaluate the risks together, and begin creating a defense system together."

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at the end of April that Moscow was interested in cooperation with NATO on issues of anti-missile defense in Europe.

NATO foreign ministers agreed at their informal meeting in Estonia in April to begin dialogue with Russia on cooperation in the sphere of anti-missile defense; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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