----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 8:10 AM Subject: Russia, China Opposed To U.S. Space-Based ABM Project STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php?id=137861 Russia: "If the United States implemented its unilateral plans on national missile defense, the ABM treay would be destroyed." China: "...not only undermine global and regional strategic balance and stability, obstruct or even reverse the nuclear disarmament process, but also open the door to the weaponization of outer space." _______________________________________________________ Moscow And Beijing Opposed To U.S. Space-Based ABM Project GENEVA, Feb 25, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Russia and China Thursday denounced U.S. plans to deploy anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs) in space as part of its anti-missile defense system, in violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty. "If the United States implemented its unilateral plans on national missile defense, the ABM Treaty would be destroyed," said Vasily Sidorov, Russian ambassador to the UN Disarmament Conference. The treaty, signed by Russia and the United States, limits each country to just one ABM system. Sidorov reiterated Russia's commitment to the ABM Treaty, the preservation of which he said "corresponds to US interests as well, especially in the context of the non-ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by the US Senate." Sidorov also said Russia supported China's proposal to create a special committee within the disarmament conference to address the problem. For Chinese ambassador Hu Xiado, a violation of the ABM Treaty by the United States would "not only undermine global and regional strategic balance and stability, obstruct or even reverse the nuclear disarmament process, but also open the door to the weaponization of outer space." Britain and France, two nuclear powers officially allied to the United States, have never hidden their opposition in principle to U.S. plans. ((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
