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MOSCOW, Oct 6 (KUNA) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on
Monday that his country is ready to resume talks with Washington on the US
missile defense shield in Europe.
Lavrov said in a statement quoted by Russian news agency (Interfax) that
they "are ready to continue talks in this regard with US Secretary of State
and Defense."
The Russian minister added that Moscow was still awaiting US assurances
regarding Russian doubts and concerns on the issue.
He pointed out that a treaty on reducing strategic weapons will end in next
December noting that Washington has not submitted any proposals to Moscow yet.
The Russian minister expressed hope that the US overcome the current
economic crisis as soon as possible but called on Washington to take into
account the interests of the global financial system to develop countermeasure
procedures to deal with it. (end)
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