THE RUSSIAN MINISTER FOR BUSINESSES ETRANGERES WILL BELONG TO THE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIS DANISH COUNTERPART








MOSCOW, March 13.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Galina Glouchakova).  The
Russian Minister for the Businesses etrangeres, Igor Ivanov, will hold
Tuesday of the negotiations with his Danish counterpart Mogens
Lykketoft in visit two days in the Russian capital.

According to the Russian ministry of the Businesses etrangeres, the
problems of strategic stability in the context of the americains
projects of anti-missile shield, the place and the role which will
take the radar americain there installs in the Danish island of
Greenland will be in the center of these negotiations.

According to Moscow, if Denmark agrees to it, it is likely to be made
entrainer in a process which can cause the strategic rupture of
balance.  The standpoint of Moscow face has this problem remains
inchangee:  the deployment of the anti-missile shield would have a
negative impact on the international reports/ratios, have underlines
the diplomats.

As for Mogens Lykketoft, it A declares the day before has RIA "
Novosti " that Copenhagen considerait as very significant that the
United States belongs to the consultations on the problems of
anti-missile defense not only with NATO, but also with Russia and
China.

It said that it had expresses this standpoint to the recent
consultations has Washington with the new administration americaine.
And yet, Copenhagen can say yet neither or nor not has the idee of the
United States of deployer the anti-missile shield as long as the
projects of its creation do not become concrete any more, and that all
the political circumstances of this question are not clear.

The interlocutors will debattront in addition to the international
problems of actualite of which the situation in Balkans.  RIA "
Novosti " learned from a diplomatic source has Moscow that if the
Danish minister souleve the relative question has the policy of Moscow
in the Caucasus of North, it will receive all the explanations.  This
same source has rappele that the Danish mediae often raised this
problem.

Both minister will also speak about the development of the relations
between Denmark and the Russian areas of the North-West of which the
area of Kaliningrad.  According to the source, a particuliere
attention will have to be attachee has the widening of the European
Union, and also has the presidency of Denmark has the UE prevue for
second six-month period 2002.

Moscow carries a particular interest has the policy of Copenhagen in
the Baltic States, and also with the energetic support of Denmark has
their adhesion has NATO.  Russia intends to express once again its
negative attitude vis-a-vis with the projects of widening of NATO
towards the East.

No document must be sign has the exit of these negotiations.
According to the interlocutors, it will not be absolutely necessary of
accelerer work to the new draft agreements on the fight against the
crime organizes and the financial transactions illegales, to establish
a co-operation in the emergency situations.