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Russia Wants Missile Defense Discussions To Resume, Minister Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

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Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu took the opportunity of a congratulatory phone call to new U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to bring up the issue of restarting missile defense talks. Shoygu “expressed his desire to reconvene missile defense discussions with the U.S. at the deputy minister level,” said Pentagon spokesman George Little Monday in a statement. Hagel agreed and reiterated the discussions are an important part of U.S.-Russian relations, Little said. Hagel assured Shoygu the discussions would continue--though no…

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