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UNITED STATESPutin, Bush achieve little on defense Russian President Vladimir Putin, opposed to U.S. plans for missile defense in Europe, tried out new alternatives on U.S. President George W. Bush on July 2. Bush called the ideas ''innovative'' but said the United States wants to anchor the defense in Poland and the Czech Republic. The leaders, meeting at a compound of Bush's father in Maine, sought to restart U.S.-Russian relations after months of acrimony. Last month, Putin surprised Bush by proposing a Soviet-era early-warning radar in Azerbaijan as a substitute for the radar and interceptors the United States wants to place in Poland and the Czech Republic. Washington doubts the Azerbaijan facility is up to being a substitute. Putin proposed modernizing the Azerbaijan station and bringing more European nations into the decision-making process about how the shield is structured, and maybe incorporating a radar system in southern Russia. He suggested information-exchange centers in Moscow and Brussels as a way to strengthen the Washington-Moscow security relationship.
The Japan Times Weekly: July 7, 2007 |
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