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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Lavrov Warns U.S. on Missile Deal

Foreign Minister Sergei LavrovTime for reaching an agreement over U.S. and NATO plans for a European missile shield is running out, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday, but stressed that talk of a new arms race between Moscow and Washington is greatly overblown.

“The Cold War ended long ago. We are not opponents,” Lavrov said at an annual news conference. “Confrontation is definitely not our choice, and I do not believe that sensible U.S. politicians want any confrontation.”

NATO and Russia agreed in 2010 to cooperate on the missile shield, which is supposed to protect Europe from attacks from rogue states like Iran, but Moscow insists on operating it jointly — a proposal the Western alliance rejects.

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