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Russia Wants Missile Defense System Discussions To Resume, Minister Says

Monday, April 1st, 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 recently 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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