REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIA CONSULTATIONS TO PROBLEMS OF THE ANTI-MISSILE
DEFENSE WITH THE USA EXECUTING








MOSCOW, 11 March (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent Alexander
Konowalow).  Representatives of the outside and of the Ministry of
Defense of Russia and the USA administration execute consultations in
next time to problems of the anti-missile defense.  That indicated
Vice Admiral Valentin Kuznetsov, Chef to the department of
international contracts of the head office for international military
co-operation of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, on Sunday in
Moscow.

Such consultations became possible after its words, after the American
page had stated interest in contacts to problems of the anti-missile
defense (ABM) with its allied ones as also with Russia and China.  "
during the forthcoming consultations with representatives of the USA
representatives of Russia will defend the position of Moscow, after
that from the USA go out-hit a corner plans, a national anti-missile
defense system (NMD) to set up, are absolutely unacceptable ",
continued that military.

The Russian page will attentively pursue future steps of the
administration president George W. Bush in the area of the
anti-missile defense and will measure their own actions at these
steps.  Kuznetsov did not exclude that the new American leadership
corrects plans of the earlier administration for the creation of the
national NMD system to a certain extent.

" so far all tests of the United States within this area had failed.
There are more questions than responses to how an effective national
anti-missile defense system is to be set up.  Moeglicherweisee will
become clear the new USA administration over the fact that the concept
of the national anti-missile defense suggested by the earlier national
guidance represents, said nothing than a seifenblase " the Russian
military.