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Russia demands permanent presence at US missile sites
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 08 - 04 - 2008


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned
Tuesday that states hosting parts of a US missile defence shield
risked facing a military response if Moscow's security concerns are
not met, according to dpa.
Lavrov demanded that the Russian military be allowed a "permanent
presence" at a planned US missile interceptor base in Poland and a
radar site in the Czech Republic, threatening that Russia would
otherwise consider "measures of military-technical character".
"It is crucial for us that we should be able to see second-by-
second where that radar is looking, and what is happening at the
missile interceptor base," Lavrov was quoted as saying in an
interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station.
Tuesday's threat put paid to the United States and its partners
hopes of a shift in Russia's nay-say attitude after a big US push for
compromise at last week's NATO summit and in one-on-one talks bwteeen
US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Lavrov accused the United States of backtracking on the concession
offered as part of a package to assuage Moscow's security concerns.
"In the (US) proposals we received ... there is no mention of a
permanent presence. It only says officers can be posted to the
Russian embassies in Poland and the Czech Republic ... on the basis
of reciprocity," Lavrov was quoted on the station as saying.
His comments came as Russian-Polish talks on missile defence ended
inconclusively in Moscow Tuesday, with each side admitting "to a big
distance" between them.
"A long road still lies ahead" summed up Russia's deputy Foreign
Minister Sergei Kislyak after meeting with his Polish counterpart
Witold Waszczykowski, Interfax news agency reported.
Both sides said they stood furthest apart over Moscow's demands
that Poland allow for the Russian military presence if Washington is
allowed to deploy the shield.
Polish negotiator Waszczykowski said earlier that Poland was ready
to discuss Russian access to the US base, but ruled out allowing
Moscow a permanent presence in Poland.
Analysts said Tuesday that despite a thaw in Moscow's relations
with its two former Soviet neighbours, it is unlikely these states
would agree to allow for Russian military presence on their soil.
While the United States says a missile defence system in Eastern
Europe is needed to protect against "rogue states" such as Iran,
Russia considers it a threat to its security and nuclear deterrent.


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