Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Monday, NATO to provide answers "clear" on his proposal to involve Russia in its anti-missile system in Europe, otherwise Moscow would be forced to deploy nuclear missiles. "We expect our NATO partners a clear and unambiguous about the role they see for Russia" in its proposed missile defense system in Europe, Medvedev said, according to comments broadcast on Russian TV ."Either we find an agreement with NATO (...), or we find none, and it will take unpleasant decisions regarding the deployment of missile units for nuclear strikes," he added during a meeting with Dmitry Rogozin, Russian Ambassador to NATO. At a summit in Lisbon, November 20, Russia and NATO have agreed to deepen cooperation on missile defense, but then the Russian president warned that Moscow would respond positively to a shield in Europe if Russia was involved in there own right.
A few days later, Medvedev was estimated that the world would enter into a new arms race if no agreement on missile defense.
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