THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DEMENT INFORMATION ACCORDING TO WHICH
MOSCOW WOULD ACCEPT THE EXTENSION OF NATO








MOSCOW, March 12.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  The Russian ministry of
Defense has dementi information according to which Moscow would have
accepts the extension of the Alliance of the North Atlantic and
admitted the existence of a threat missiliere in Europe.

The head of the Department of international co-operation of the
Russian ministry of Defense, the general one of body of armee Leonide
Ivachov, A declares Monday in front of the journalists that " Russia
considere always the extension of NATO towards the East like a danger
to his security ".  It is " what is known as without ambiguity in the
new military doctrines of the Federation of Russia like in the Russian
proposals concerning the European anti-missile defense of success ".


" All that one says on this subject has Washington and in the capitals
of the European countries members of NATO corresponds has reality,
nothing to say moreover, pointed out Leonide Ivachov.  The position of
Russia concerning Draft ABM (anti-missile defense) of 1972 rests on
the maintenance and the respect by the parts of all the clauses of the
document susmentionne and the achievement of the commitments which
they undertook ".

Leonide Ivachov A in addition states that the premiere stage of the
creation of the system of anti-missile defense European of success,
consistent A " to define the character and dimensions of the
deployment of the missiles and the danger of their use counters
European States ", revet a very great importance in the Russian
proposals.

From this point of view, the Russian part proposes determiner
measurements has to take in order to neutralize the threats
missilieres, if those emerged, measurements which should initially be
of political nature, diplomatic and different nonmilitary.  If these
nonmilitary means are not averaient has same anihiler the threats
missilieres emanating from unspecified States, then in this case only
it would be necessary to pass has the second stage of the Russian
proposals, has to know the study of the system of anti-missile defense
European of success.

Leonide Ivachov has releve that Russia was prete has to take part with
other States, not only European, has the realization of the second and
the third stages of the formation of European system ABM if that
becomes essential.  " Russia has all the means of fight against the
ballistic missiles nonstrategic, and us sums lay out has to join them
has those of the other States to neutralize the threats which can
plane on Europe at the XXI-3rd century ", said the general one.

Military person in charge A stresses that Russia proposed to work on
problematic the missiliere not only with the Member States of NATO,
but also has the whole of the European States, and that so as to
exclude any cleavage.  " Today we do not feel any threat missiliere
for the European States ", concluded Leonide Ivachov.