US Envoy: Moscow Rejected All NATO Air Defense Cooperation Proposals

© AFP 2023 / GEORGES GOBETA picture taken on March 2, 2014 shows the NATO flag in the wind at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
A picture taken on March 2, 2014 shows the NATO flag in the wind at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. - Sputnik International
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US ambassador to Russia John Tefft said Tuesday that it was Moscow that refused to engage in dialogue on missile defense and rejected all cooperation proposals.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Tefft sterssed that NATO missile defense is not directed against Russia and will not "undermine Russia's strategic capabilities to deter threats."

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"I am often asked if the United States or NATO plan to discuss missile defense plans with Russia. The United States and NATO have repeatedly offered Russia cooperation in the field of missile defense, including the creation of two Russia-NATO centers and plans on how to reach a transparency regime between the sides," Tefft said in an online Q&A session on Russian social media network VK.

"Russia rejected all proposals that could have contributed to the development of cooperation and transparency. It was the Russian side that terminated the partnership dialogue unilaterally in 2013," the ambassador added.

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