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Moldova welcomes US ballistic missile defense system to Romania
Published: 23 February, 2010, 21:42
Edited: 11 March, 2010, 18:23
TAGS: Arms, Military, NATO, Nuclear, Russia, USA
Moldova is downplaying Romania's decision to host elements of a US missile defense system on its territory.
The statement by the Moldovan government released on Tuesday, claims that “Moldova believes that every state has its sovereign right to make decisions in accordance with its national interests of providing state security”.
Moldova took into account “information, provided recently during consultations with Romanian officials about the purely defensive meaning of US missile defense systems”. This system, according to Moldovan authorities, “allows for increasing Europe’s defensive potential, especially in a situation of spreading nuclear technologies and the rising danger of short-range and medium-range rockets”, it said in the document.
In the beginning of February, some Moldovan politicians expressed concern about US-Romania plans, saying that they could “endanger stability and security in the region and directly or indirectly harm the dialogue on Transdniestrian regulation”.
On February 4, Romania’s Supreme Council (CSAT) – a government body responsible for national security and defense – approved a US proposal to build parts of future global missile defense system in the country. Officials say the anti-missile weapons will be set up on Romania’s territory by 2015.
Earlier, Asif Chaudhry, US ambassador in Romania, stated that locating a missile defense system in the country represents no threat to Moldova and will increase security in the region, and that the anti-missile shield will protect the region from destabilizing factors, usually identified as coming from the Middle East, specifically Iran.
Russian ambassador to Moldova, Valery Kuzmin, has called the situation serious. He said that Moscow views NATO's eastward advance, together with elements of the missile defense system near Russian borders, as major risks to national security, as is now documented in Russia’s new military doctrine.
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Mister Wang. You should know that Russia and China are encircled by military, spying installations and that AMD (twaddle), plus the numerous satellites watching every square meter of their territory. Why Brazil, South-Africa, India are not ? You are right when you say: Cold-war mentality continue; but whose fault is it ! Which country was and still is the initiator and first user of all weapons of mass destruction, actually available to mankind ! (example: the drones)... To survive; since reconversion is unknown in the USA's vocabulary, a new arms race is absolutely necessary for imperialist America to exist. Wake up ! Good American People; you are the only one who can solve the problem...
Mr. Meslin, How can you put China - the raising global power and Russia - a third world country, with starving population, and NO CHANCE to move forward, politically and economically, in one basket. It is obviously flattering for Russia. China, on the other hand, will 'befriend' Russia after retaking the whole Siberia. By the way, Good American people know that 'Russian empire' is desintegrating slowly - it is Russian internal problem.