REPRESENTANTS OF RUSSIA PROCEDERONT TO THE CONSULTATIONS ON
ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE WITH THE UNITED STATES








MOSCOW, March 11.  / Corr.  RIA " Novosti " Alexandre Konovalov /. the
representants of the Russian ministries of the Businesses etrangeres
and Defense will procederont soon with the consultations on the
problems of anti-missile defense (ABM) with the representants of the
administration americaine, has advertisement Valentine Kouznetsov,
head of the direction of drafts international of the Russian ministry
of Defense.




The behaviour of such consultations on the level of the diplomats of
the two countries has ete made possible after the administration
americaine had let know its interest initially has this kind of
contacts with its combine then with Russia and China.  During these
consultations, A underlines the vice-admiral, " the representants
Russian will firmly defendront the standpoint of Moscow which
considers it unacceptable the americains projects to set up a national
system of anti-missile defense (NMD) which will cover the whole of the
territory americain ".




" Russia will follow with attention future the demarches of the Bush
administration in the field of anti-missile defense and measurements
which it will take in answer will be adequate has these demarches,
said the Russian military person in charge.  He does not have
dismisses the assumption that the new leaders americains bring
corrective measures to the projects of NMD works out by the preceding
administration.




" For the moment all the tests to which the United States has procedes
in this field have fails.  They have installation more questions than
gives reponses on the way in which it is necessary to set up an
effective ABM of the national territory ", A underlines Valentine
Kouznetsov.




It is perfectly possible that the new administration of the United
States will end up being convinced that the design of NMD proposed by
the old administration is only one " soap bubble ", has it indicates.