DANISH EXTERNAL BUREAU CHIEF LYKKETOFT FOR CHECK OF THE OF PUTIN
SUBMITTED IDEA TO SET UP EUROPEAN NON--STRATEGIC ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM








MOSCOW, 12 March (RIA "Nowosti" correspondent Jelena Gluschakowa).
Suggestions of Russian president Vladimir Putin on the creation of a
European non-strategic system of the anti-missile defense are to be
set on the agenda by negotiations between representatives of European
countries.  This view represented the Danish minister of foreign
affairs Mogens Lykketoft, which came on Monday to a two-day work
attendance to Moscow, in a RIA " Nowosti" discussion.

When " extremely importantly " Lykketoft defined the circumstance that
" the Russian president realized the necessity over the danger, which
weapon systems of some countries hold as also, this situation to
improve ".

On the position of Copenhagen to plans of the USA addressed to take up
an American radar facility on Greenland to the system of the national
anti-missile defense (NMD) the Danish Minister said that Copenhagen
would not like to begin to cut this topic meanwhile.  " so long the
situation as a whole is not clear, has it no sense, of the radar
facility on Greenland to speak ", meant it.

On Tuesday Lykketoft is to negotiate with its Russian colleague Igor
Iwanow.  On the agenda are questions of strategic stability and
security.