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Russia Warns US Missile Deployment in Norway Could Reset Strategic Dialogue to Zero

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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  • Russia said the deployment of a US missile system based on Mk-41 launchers in Norway threatens a substantial part of European Russia, including Moscow.
  • The Russian Foreign Ministry said the move could reset conditions for constructive US-Russia talks on strategic issues to zero.
  • Moscow said it would pay particular attention to US missile sites and command-and-control centers, which it described as potential targets in a military conflict.

Russia has warned that a US missile system deployed in Norway could reduce prospects for strategic dialogue between Moscow and Washington to zero.

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the deployment of a system based on Mk-41 launchers. The launchers can fire several types of missiles, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, and Moscow said missiles launched from Norway could reach a substantial part of European Russia, including the capital.

Steps such as the deployment in Europe of US ground-based intermediate-range missiles that pose a threat to the Russian Federation ‘reset to zero,’ to put it mildly, the conditions for constructive dialog with the US on strategic issues.

· Russian Foreign MinistryThe ministry warned that the deployment would undermine strategic talks with Washington.

“Steps such as the deployment in Europe of US ground-based intermediate-range missiles that pose a threat to the Russian Federation ‘reset to zero,’ to put it mildly, the conditions for constructive dialog with the US on strategic issues,” the ministry said.

Particular attention

· Russian Foreign MinistryThe ministry used the phrase when describing its focus on US missile deployment sites and command-and-control centers.

The ministry added that Russia would pay “particular attention” to the locations of US missile systems and their command-and-control centers. It said those sites would become targets in the event of a military conflict.

US media reports said Washington delivered the new launch system to Norway in August. Russia also said strategic-stability dialogue with the United States had been curtailed under the previous US administration. It described the current administration’s plans for multilateral negotiations involving China as “unrealistic.”

Unrealistic

· Russian Foreign MinistryThe ministry described plans for multilateral strategic negotiations involving China in these terms.
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