Wednesday, December 7, 2011

NATO will not trust their security to Russia

U.S., against Russia and NATO share missile defense.
NATO admits that negotiations are at a "dead" but expected to agree on a proposal that the agreement of the parties.

U.S. rejects the Russian proposal for a joint missile defense between NATO and Russia in Europe, said the U.S. ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder, in an interview published Wednesday by the Russian daily Kommersant.

Daadler and reiterated the U.S. position to the proposal made at the time by the Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, which called for creating a joint Russia-NATO, in which each party is responsible for the security of a sector the continent.

Only the Alliance, not a foreign power can guarantee the security of its members and their territory "The NATO can not accept that idea. Only because we are convinced that only the Alliance, not a foreign power, can ensure the safety of its members and its territories. Nor Moscow wants his safety is in the hands of NATO, "the U.S. diplomat.

The Alliance insists on cooperation in which the parties to respond only to defend its territory.

"We can accept an adapted version of the Russian proposal (defense) sector. NATO will defend its territory, and Russia on their own. Together we can determine how our systems can cooperate to enhance missile independent European security and protect the Iranian threat, "he said.

In late November, the Russian president announced the deployment of a radar and ordered to reinforce the security of the facilities of Russia's strategic forces in response to U.S. refusal to give written assurances that its missile defense system in Europe does not threaten the Russian nuclear power.

A quagmire

"There is nothing new among the measures announced by President Medvedev. The most important thing we heard is that the door to dialogue remains open. We intend to cooperate with Russia, but at the same time we intend to deploy our missile defense " Daadler said.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO acknowledged that at present negotiations between the Alliance, the United States and Russia on the missile shield are in neutral. " We are in a quagmire, but no exit. We are all ready to talk. We see clearly our differences and we are ready to overcome them. No one hands down and surrendered, including representatives of Russia, "he said.

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