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Germany Deplores U.S. Withdrawal From ABM Treaty
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Xinhuanet 2002-04-25
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BERLIN, April 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Germany on
Wednesday reiterated its
dissatisfaction with the U.S. unilateral
withdrawal form the Anti-
Ballistic Missile (ABM), long regarded as a
cornerstone for
maintaining strategic stability in the world at
large.
In the annual report on the status of the worldwide
disarmament,
the German Government said that "Berlin would have greeted
it if
the United States had avoided unilateral cancellation and found
a
common solution with Russia on a new strategic
framework."
Washington announced last December that it
would withdraw from
the 1972 ABM Treaty in six months.
In the report, the German Government pledged to commit more
efforts to
worldwide nuclear disarmament and arms control after
the September 11
terrorist attacks on the United States.
Germany will also
work actively for the conclusion of a binding
and verifiable agreement
on the issue of nuclear warheads between
Washington and Moscow, it
said.
According to the press reports here, there are
differences
between the United States and Russia on how to dispose the
warheads taken off from the missiles which both countries want to
put out of service in the next few years.
The United
States wants to keep the warheads as reserves, while
Russia seeks to
destroy them. Enditem
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