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Business/Financial

Clinton, Lavrov Don’t Reach Agreement On European Missile Defense, But Talks To Continue Between Moscow, Washington

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Monday, March 9th, 2009

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The United States and Russia failed to agree on a plan to resolve a long-running dispute over U.S. plans to build the European Missile Defense (EMD) system against missiles launched from Middle Eastern nations such as Iran, according to news reports. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concluded weekend talks in Geneva, the two top diplomats agreed to continue discussions on missile defense and other issues. Russia has threatened to use Iskander missiles to…

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