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MOSCOW WARNS OF RETALIATORY MEASURES ON NATO MISSILE DEFENCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 1, 2011 - 19:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow reiterated its warning on Tuesday, Nov
1 that it would have to take "retaliatory measures" if the United
States and NATO continue to ignore its position on a missile defense
system in Europe.
"We are ready to continue the missile defense dialogue with the United
States and NATO," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an
interview with Serbian newspaper Vecernje Novosti.
"However, if our partners continue to ignore our position, we will
have to ensure our own security interests using other methods."
"Forced retaliatory military-technical measures may be needed,"
Lavrov said.
Moscow has been irked by U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements
in Europe.
Russia proposed a joint missile defense system, an idea that many
experts both at home and abroad dismiss as unviable and unrealistic.
Then it demanded "legally binding guarantees" that U.S./NATO missiles
would not be targeted at Russia.
Since Moscow's proposal received a lukewarm response in the West,
it has been warning of unspecified low-cost "asymmetric measures"
to counter the future Western missile defense system, RIA Novosti
reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 1, 2011 - 19:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow reiterated its warning on Tuesday, Nov
1 that it would have to take "retaliatory measures" if the United
States and NATO continue to ignore its position on a missile defense
system in Europe.
"We are ready to continue the missile defense dialogue with the United
States and NATO," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an
interview with Serbian newspaper Vecernje Novosti.
"However, if our partners continue to ignore our position, we will
have to ensure our own security interests using other methods."
"Forced retaliatory military-technical measures may be needed,"
Lavrov said.
Moscow has been irked by U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements
in Europe.
Russia proposed a joint missile defense system, an idea that many
experts both at home and abroad dismiss as unviable and unrealistic.
Then it demanded "legally binding guarantees" that U.S./NATO missiles
would not be targeted at Russia.
Since Moscow's proposal received a lukewarm response in the West,
it has been warning of unspecified low-cost "asymmetric measures"
to counter the future Western missile defense system, RIA Novosti
reported.