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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . .Russia Urges U.S. to Remove Bases After Afghan War. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Saturday that Moscow hoped the U.S. will keep its promise to remove its military bases from Central Asian countries after military action in Afghanistan is over. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Saturday that Moscow hoped the U.S. will keep its promise to remove its military bases from Central Asian countries after military action in Afghanistan is over. Russia "respects the choice and decisions of the leaderships of the Central Asian countries about how to build their relations with the U.S. today and for the future," Ivanov told Russia's TVTs television. However, he said, Washington has said the U.S. does not plan to keep its military bases on the territory of the Central Asian countries for long time after it finishes its military task in Afghanistan. "We hope the U.S. will act in conformity with this position," said the minister. Ivanov also said Russia was ready to sign a deal with the U.S. on drastic cut of strategic weapons during U.S. President George Bush's Moscow trip planned for the middle of the next year. The minister said he hoped the two countries would start " concrete negotiations" on this matter in January. Moscow had put forward a proposal for Russia and the U.S. each to cut its nuclear arsenal to 1,500 warheads or fewer, he said. Ivanov said the Russian-American dialogue on strategic stability "will be continued" even after the U.S. announced to unilaterally withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. "We cannot take an offended posture and say we will not continue negotiations," he said. **** ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
