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NATO, Russia Plan Meeting on Missile Defense Collaboration
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NATO, Russia Plan Meeting on Missile Defense Collaborationhttp://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20110112_9412.php Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 Senior NATO and Russian officials are set to meet later this month in Belgium to discuss areas of possible missile defense collaboration, Interfax reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 17, 2010). "This year's first ambassadorial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be held on January 26 and will involve serious consultations on issues such as the creation of the European missile defense system and other joint projects," Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said yesterday. The alliance last year agreed to establish a collective missile defense system that would connect member states' indigenous operations. Russia and NATO also agreed to examine possible missile defense collaboration. Moscow has been wary of antimissile initiatives in Europe, asserting they could undermine its own nuclear deterrent. The Kremlin has warned it would withdraw from any missile defense deal if it does not think it is being treated as an equal partner and would instead move to expand its nuclear arsenal.
The establishment of a European missile defense system should lead to more collaborative decision-making between the two sides, as the mere exchanging of defense data by NATO members and Moscow would limit Russia's nuclear options, Rogozin told the Izvestia newspaper. "Russia has proposed not to create two different systems that would exchange information," the ambassador said, according to RIA Novosti. "This would not be a European missile defense shield but a system aimed at deterring Russia's nuclear potential under the guise of protection against Iranian missiles." For this reason, General Staff deputy chief Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov last month suggested establishing a unified European antimissile program, Rogozin said. "Each side will have its own button to launch operative (missile) systems, but decisions on their application should be made jointly," he added. Russian and alliance defense chiefs should have a joint concept prepared for the antimissile system no later than March and submit an initial briefing on the shield in June, he said (RIA Novosti, Jan. 12). Russian govt. to consider mutual visa-free trips with Abkhazia, S.Ossetiahttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20110113/162123416.html 07:13 13/01/2011 The presidium of the Russian government will on Thursday consider ratifying the agreements that stipulate mutual visa-free travels between Russia and Abkhazia and between Russia and South Ossetia. The agreements with the former Georgian republics were signed in 2009 and 2010 correspondingly. They are designed to promote mutual trips and bolster confidence, strengthening the legal base of cooperation. Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which both split from Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, two weeks after the five-day war with Georgia in August 2008 that broke out after Tbilisi attacked South Ossetia in an attempt to bring it back under central control. The move was heavily criticized by Western powers. Since then, only Venezuela, Nicaragua and the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru have followed Russia's lead. MOSCOW, January 13 (RIA Novosti)
Speaking at a meeting with Sergei Stepashin, the head of Russia’s state audit chamber, in Sokhumi, Bagapsh said that the financial aid was part of assistance program for 2010-2012, the Abkhaz news agency, Apsnipress, reported. The meeting, which also involved other Abkhaz and Russian officials, reviewed audit of financial assistance provided to Abkhazia from the Russian federal budget. “Comprehensive audit carried out by the Russian state audit chamber together with the Abkhaz lawmakers has revealed number of points on which we should pay close attention,” Bagapsh said. Head of Russia's State Audit Chamber, Sergei Stepashin, said, according to Apsnipress, that in 2009 Abkhazia received from Russia 4.9 billion rubles (according to current exchange rate about USD 162 million) in financial assistance and 2.3 billion rubles (about USD 76 million) in 2010. He also said that no major violations in spending of the allocated aid funds have been found as a result of audit.
'Establishment of 9 joint Armenian-Russian companies is a good sample of partnership between Armenia and Russia'. Establishment of 9 joint Armenian-Russian companies in the sphere of military and industrial complex within the frames of military and industrial cooperation between Armenia and Russia is a good sample of partnership between our countries, Secretary of National Security Council Artur Bagdasaryan told journalists. "The companies were established on the basis of the cooperation documents signed last year. Besides establishment of 9 joint-stock companies, several Armenian companies within the frames of the Russian-Armenian arrangements will be involved in the big holdings of the military and industrial complex. This will increase potential of Armenian companies much and will promote establishment of new companies in Armenia. Except the bilateral military and technical cooperation between Armenia and Russia, the military and technical cooperation within the frames of the CSTO was also deepened in 2010. In particular, a document was signed between Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation and Armenian National Security Council, on the basis of which we started cooperating in 11 directions of the military and industrial complex, which will make it possible to upgrade and provide Armenian armed forces with the needed equipment", - Bagdasaryan said.
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