----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 8:18 AM Subject: Russia 'Deeply Concerned' Over U.S., Japan Missile Defense Plan STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=137860 "The appearance of such a system could call into question regional stability and provoke an arms race." ______________________________________________________ Kremlin Deeply Concerned Over U.S., Japan Missile Defense Plan MOSCOW, Feb 25, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) The Russian foreign ministry expressed its "deep concerns" Thursday over the United States' plan to develop with Japan an anti-missile defensive umbrella in Asia. "The United States is constantly trying to enlarge its military union with Japan through a joint project to create an anti-missile theatre defense," the ministry statement said, adding that the project "raised deep concerns." The United States plans to protect Japan and South Korea from missile attack by deploying weapons capable of intercepting incoming warheads. "The appearance of such a system could call into question regional stability and provoke an arms race," the Russian ministry said, complaining that only a limited number of countries were involved in the project. For its part, Russia favors a global system to prevent missile proliferation, the ministry said. Under the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty the United States and the then Soviet Union agreed to limit the capabilities of anti-missile systems. Russia opposes any modification to this treaty to allow the United States to deploy an anti-missile defense to combat the threat from countries newly armed with ballistic missiles. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Enter to win $1000 at winfreestuff.com! What else do you want to win? If you want cash, gourmet foods, palm pilots, and other great prizes don't look any further than winfreestuff.com! We've got what you want. Check it out at: http://www.listbot.com/links/winfreestuff2
