Armenia denies knowledge of US plans to deploy radar in Caucasus

ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
2 Mar 07

Yerevan, 2 March: Armenia has not received any official information from the
USA on the possible deployment in the country of elements of an anti-missile
defence system, an official spokesman of the Armenian Foreign Ministry,
Vladimir Karapetyan, told ITAR-TASS today.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry has learnt about the US plans to deploy a
missile-tracking radar in the Caucasus from the press, the diplomat said.
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