Russian concerns over Washington's plan for a missile shield in Europe will only be eased if Russian officers have permanent access to the shield facilities, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Russia says the planned shield is a threat to its own security and the row over the issue has helped to drive diplomatic relations with the United States to their lowest point since the Cold War.
Moscow has, however, agreed to consider a set of confidence-building measures proposed by Washington to allay Moscow's concerns.
"In all these many proposals we are interested only in two things: the permanent presence of our officers and reliable technological means of monitoring (activity at the sites)," Lavrov said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station.
"For us it is important that we should see second-by-second where that radar is looking, and what is happening at the ... base in the Czech Republic."
Umm....We OFFERED that already idiot. We offered to make this a joint effort from the ground up, and yet, you guys kept ratcheting up the rhetoric against the US when it was popular to do so. Now that you see what our intentions were from the beginning, you're having a change of heart. Fortunately for you, a lot of people have the attention span of a goldfish. Unfortunately for you, I don't. And I plan on keeping this here for all to see.
Is the Russian government and military full of idiots? Things like this don't make it look very good for them.
Travis
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