{"id":10219,"date":"2009-03-18T06:22:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T03:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=10219"},"modified":"2014-01-01T20:58:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T18:58:19","slug":"us-russian-partnership-will-end-shield-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/03\/18\/us-russian-partnership-will-end-shield-row\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Russian partnership will end shield row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:11:00 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski believes if the US and Russia work together they would eliminate the need to install a defense shield in central Europe against the "Iranian threat."<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A former US national security adviser says the US-Russian “cooperation” on Iran would lead to the shelving of a defense shield plan in Europe. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In an interview with a Polish daily, President Jimmy Carter’s advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said pushing the “reset button”<\/strong> in Russia-US relations is likely to change the situation created by Iran’s nuclear activities.<\/p>\n

He added that if the US and Russia join forces to mount pressure on Iran it would reduce or even eliminate the need for Washington to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Russian daily Kommersant<\/em> cited White House sources as saying earlier last week that President Barack Obama had made a proposal to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev asking him to change position on Iran in exchange for a halt to the US missile shield plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plans for the installation of anti-ballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic have contributed to the deterioration of White House-Kremlin relations over the past few years.<\/p>\n

The missile shield plan has rankled Moscow, as it sees the system as a threat to its national security. President Obama has addressed the Russian concern by saying that he wants to press the “reset button” and build better relations with Moscow.<\/p>\n

The White House under former President George W. Bush said the missile defense shield is necessary to counter a threat posed by “rogue states”, such as Iran.<\/p>\n

Russia, however, says it will not be taken in by the “missile threat” excuse. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“No sensible person believes in fairy tales about the Iranian missile threat, and that thousands of kilometers from Tehran on the coast of the Baltic Sea, it is necessary to station a missile interceptor system,”<\/span><\/strong> Russia’s NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin said in November 2008.<\/p>\n

The US, Israel and their European allies — Britain, France and Germany — claim that Iran is developing a military nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Tehran, however, denies the charge that it is seeking to build a bomb and argues that the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – to which it is a signatory – allows for a domestic, civilian nuclear industry.<\/p>\n

CS\/HGH<\/p>\n

Source: www.presstv.ir, <\/span><\/span>16 Mar 2009<\/span><\/span>
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