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Russian Role Seen In European Missile Defense System

April 26 2010

NATO

NATO foreign ministers have agreed to invite Russia to participate in a planned European missile defense system, reports Interfax-AVN (Russia).

The shield would be more effective if Russia were involved, said Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen after ministerial talks in Tallinn, Estonia.

Such a system would not be directed against Russia and would help protect its population, said Rasmussen.

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