Moscow, Oct 26 Reuters) - Russia's talks with the West are on missile defense "going nowhere", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, a hard position in case of dispute staking of the United States would like to to solve before the elections next year in both Nations.
The blunt comment seemed to emphasize that Russia the Kremlin which convince of eager U.S. efforts, that a European missile shield Washington and its NATO allies begin to build unswayed is Russia's security is not a threat.
President Barack Obama plans for Defense missile installations in Central Europe, but Russia says improved relations with Russia by reduction of his predecessor, the revised system is weakening the country's defense threaten.
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Russia and NATO a year ago decided these concerns through cooperation on a missile shield, but they have each other concrete proposals cool feelings. The Kremlin has warned new weapons that might break out race if no solution is reached.
Russian interaction with NATO is also used by the issue of missile defense, "which, unfortunately nowhere, we go to the" Lavrov told a press conference after a meeting with his counterparts from Luxembourg.
United States and NATO officials expressed hope for an agreement have in time for a NATO Summit in the United States in may, but talks in Moscow earlier this month between the Russian and United States negotiators ended with no sign of progress.
US plans require a missile system until 2020 with interceptor missiles and radar systems at sea and in several European countries into four phases are provided. The White House says the shield is necessary to protect against potential threats from countries such as Iran and Russia would pose no risk.
Russia says that the system would it vulnerable, if the interceptor is based on the nuclear missiles, which can shoot it as a deterrent against attacks. Moscow is demanding that binding is to ensure that the shield would undermine its security not.
The United States says that such guarantees could not provide it even if he wanted to because they would approval by Congress, where is strong against any limits on a U.S. anti-missiles.
In Moscow on Tuesday, a senior official said of the NATO Western Vorschlag--common machinery for the monitoring and response to rocket happen - and an invitation for Russia, U.S. interceptor tests to observe was Moscow's best chance for reassurance that the system is not a threat.
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Russia's presidency after an election in March, and the U.S. presidential election in November strengthen Putin error to agree on cooperation in the coming months would mistrust between Moscow and Washington before the expected return of Prime Minister Vladimir.
Analysts say that Russia hesitantly to any compromise on missile defense in the coming year because of the domestic electoral politics and insecurity, whether the Obama, the close relations with Russia on security issues forged re-elected be can.
Obama the Russia policy tends to fire from his political opponents at home. The top Republicans in Congress on Tuesday attacked Obama of the "reset" relations with Russia as opposed to American interests and values, and urged him, his concept of Putin's plan, again to reconsider the Kremlin.
In a speech, US House of representatives speaker John Boehner, said that Russia's response to Obama the range "makes the attempt, Soviet-style, and influence."
The Boehner comments said, Lavrov, that Russia his own serious reservations with regard to U.S. conduct in the world and US politicians should their concerns to take, Moscow, adding "We are always willing to discuss such things."
He said that the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, "Contacts existing framework for such meetings has avoided with colleagues in the Committee on International Affairs of the Russian State Duma despite one".
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South Korea and the United States Marines follow Winter military exercises on Pyeonchang, some 180km from Seoul, South Korea, Thursday (7/2). North Korea has vowed to launch more rockets and nuclear test in response to UN censure of the launch of a long-range missile last December.(REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won)
