Defense Ministry: U.S. does not respond to Russian proposal about European missile defense
MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia has proposed a way out of the standoff created by the U.S. deployment of missile defense elements in Europe but the United States is unwilling to make contact, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said.
"We made good propositions concerning cooperation on missile defense to the Americans at the negotiations with U.S. colleagues in New York City in December. This is the most pressing issue in Russian-U.S. relations, not to mention Ukraine. We were expecting our colleagues in February and are waiting for the consultations to continue but they never arrived. One may say that their silence is the answer, and if it is we can accept it," Antonov said in an interview with television station Rossiya 24.
"We have suggested a way out of the standoff, which takes into consideration concerns of the Russian side and the Americans. We would have broken even and moved on," Antonov said.