Moscow Wants Missile Defense Talks at NATO Summit

Putin is unlikely to attend the NATO summit in Chicago if the missile defense issue is not on the agenda

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian president is unlikely to attend a NATO summit in Chicago if the missile defense issue is not on its agenda, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday. . . .

[I]f the issue of the NATO missile defense system remains unchanged, then the chances of the Russian president attending the summit “will be even smaller,” he added.

“We have a considerable amount of work in progress but in the absence of [a discussion] on missile defense there would probably not be enough to take part in the summit,” Ryabkov said.  (photo: Armend Nimani/AFP)

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