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Russia, US discuss missile plan Press
TV The Chief of Russia's armed forces has met with his US counterpart at the Pentagon to discuss the US missile plans in Eastern Europe. The Russian General Yury Baluyevsky was greeted with full military honors by US Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, AFP wrote. Pentagon spokesmen said they had no information on the agenda for the sessions, but US plans to install a radar and interceptor missiles in Eastern Europe have been a growing source of contention between the two countries. The Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending Russia's partnership in the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe treaty which limits the deployment of tanks and other military equipment to Eastern Europe.
The suspension comes into force on December 12 but Russian military officials have said they have no immediate plans to move forces into Eastern Europe. However, a Russian general said last month that Moscow could counter US missile defense deployments to Eastern Europe by placing missiles in Belarus. Washington insists its plans for missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are aimed to counter Iran's missile threat, not Russia's nuclear arsenal. But Russians have argued that Iran is not a threat and that missile defense systems in Eastern Europe could be turned against Russia's nuclear deterrent.
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