EXPERT: IF WE MAKE CHINA CLOSER TO US, NO AMERICA WILL FRIGHTEN US

Regnum, Russia
March 6 2007

"Today, many latter-day states formed after the collapse of the USSR
and the Warsaw Treaty want to shift off the burden upon Russia, in
particular, receive oil, gas and other raw materials with which our
country is rich at a cheap price. If they fail to achieve it, they
start blackmailing us threatening to enter NATO and deploy US military
bases and air defense systems in their territories. All this is very
profitable to the United States, as it is going to put pressure upon
Russia this way," Ruslan Abazov, head of the legal committee of the
Kabardino-Balkar Parliament, told a REGNUM correspondent commenting
on a statement of the US administration on intentions to deploy its
air defense systems in Caucasus.

"Georgia and Azerbaijan’s willingness to join NATO has a special
nuance: thus they are trying to put Russia aside in settling problems
of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh. But we shall not be
frightened of them. Unfortunately, we will have to spend more money
for arms instead of settling social issues. Of course, we must continue
talks with those countries to cool them down. Nowadays, Vladimir Putin
has established good ties with Arab countries. If we manage to make
China closer to us, no America will frighten us," Abazov added.

Earlier, on March 2, director of the US Missile Defense Agency Henry
Obering said that in the framework of deploying the air defense in
Eastern Europe, the USA plans to place a radar system in the Caucasus,
but he did not specify where the radar will be placed exactly.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress