Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbatchev (L) and US President Ronald Reagan sign on December 8, 1987, at the Washington summit, a treaty eliminating US and Soviet intermediate-range and shorter-range nuke missiles.
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Speaking Reconnaissance
// The U.S. asked Russia to hold back missiles
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates yesterday responded to the warning from Russia’s Joint Staff Commander Yuri Baluevsky about Russia’s possible exiting the Treaty for Elimination of Middle- and Short-Range Missiles. Pentagon head said that is might create difficulties for the U.S. and Europe. Meanwhile, experts believe that Russia will be the first to suffer if it exits the treaty.
Russia’s Joint Staff Commander, General Yuri Baluevsky said on Thursday night that Moscow now has grounds for unilaterally exiting the US-Soviet Treaty for Elimination of Middle- and Short-Range Missiles. He frankly confessed that US actions for deploying ABM system in Eastern Europe.
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates responded that Moscow’s withdrawal from the treaty might create problems for the U.S., and especially for Europe. US Department of State assured Moscow that “deployment of ABM system in the world is not directed against Russia’s strategic forces”.
Russian military experts criticize the idea of exiting the treaty, for it might create difficulties for Moscow as well. Europe, frightened by Russia’s actions, might ask Washington to protect Europe from the new Russian threat, which will be used as an extra argument for deploying ABM in Eastern Europe.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Feb. 17, 2007
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