>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Rozoff) >Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:23:58 -0500 (CDT) > >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > >"The statement severely criticized American industrial giants for >seeking profits from new military orders, including those relating to >the ABM defense system or the Star Wars program." >_____________________________________ >Hindustan Times >May 1, 2000 >Russia warns America over ABM Treaty >Moscow, April 30 >(UNI) >THE US-Russia deadlock over the ABM Treaty is threatening to revive the >cold war between the two old adversaries with Moscow now saying it will >wriggle out of START-I and START-II if Washington remains adamant on >amending the 1972 treaty. >In a stern warning to the US, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on >his arrival here from Washington last night said if the US sticks to its >insistence on changing the format of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) >Treaty, Russia would not only opt out of the START-I and START-II, but >would have no talks on the proposed START-III. >START-III envisages both sides cutting warheads to 3,500 by 2007 from >about 6,000 at present.Mr Ivanov also said if Washington goes ahead with >its plans to develop the so-called national missile defence system, >Russia would counter the US measures in an "asymmetrical" manner. >In another significant statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the >threat of revival of the cold war and an uncontrolled arms race has >become real in the wake of the proposed defence system, which the US >plans to develop in the name of an umbrella against missiles fired by >"rogue" States like Iran, Iraq and North Korea. >Russia has expressed apprehensions that the US programme would put such >infrastructure in place that would neutralise Moscow's arsenals. An arms >control journal recently revealed the US plans to base 100 missiles each >at two sites purportedly to shoot down incoming missiles from "rogue" >States. >The Russian Foreign Ministry statement was released here by Novosti >after the unsuccessful talks of Mr Ivanov in Washington with President >Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright over the ABM >issue. >The statement severely criticised US industrial giants for seeking >profits from new military orders, including those relating to the ABM >defence system or the Star Wars programme. "But what is needed here is >like in any business is to have a clear perception of the risks involved >in a deal," it cautioned. >"There is still time to avoid committing a fatal mistake by undertaking >the Star Wars project, the other name of the proposed revised ABM >Treaty. The recent improvement in the Moscow-Washington relations is an >indication of the fact that considerable potential for bilateral >cooperation does exist," the Kremlin statement said. >Meanwhile, a senior commander of the Russian armed forces, Gen Nikolai >Zlenko, warned Pentagon that Moscow is "well-informed about and alarmed >at the US's Alaska-based R&D and preparatory work on creating a new >national ABM network." >The General was quoted as saying by Novosti this week that the new ABM >system was an "embryo of a powerful monitoring network which will >control the whole world in a matter of 30 to 40 years with satellites >and terrestrial radars able to spot any missile wherever it is launched >whereas the other side will not enjoy such an advantage bound as it will >be by the 1972 Treaty." >"Moscow can and must do all to thwart US attempts to revise the treaty. >Russia will never take part in and tolerate gradual modernisation >efforts of the Star Wars weaponry," Gen Zlenko said. > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >______________________________________________________________________ >Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
