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Itar-Tass
February 4, 2010


Russia says US tactical nukes must be withdrawn from Europe - FM


MOSCOW: US tactical nuclear arms should be withdrawn from Europe, Russian 
Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Thursday. 

“Issues of further nuclear disarmament, including tactical nuclear arms, should 
not be addressed as such, but only in close relation with other types of 
weapons, including conventional armed forces in Europe and the ballistic 
missile defence systems,” he said. 

Russia is adamant that nuclear arms should be deployed only in the territory of 
the states possessing such weapons. 

“In this context, withdrawal of American tactical weapons from Europe back to 
the United States would be welcome. It should be accompanied by complete and 
irreversible demolition of the entire infrastructures supporting the deployment 
of such weapons in Europe,” he noted. 

Commenting on the recent article by Swedish and Polish foreign ministers, Karl 
Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, in which they called on Moscow to withdraw 
tactical nuclear arms from Russian territories bordering on the European Union, 
the foreign ministry spokesman said that “it would be good if the authors of 
this article furnished their explanations – namely: if their opinion heralded a 
shift in the common European position and readiness for a closer, open and 
comprehensive dialogue on all aspects of European security.” 
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