US MISSILE DEFENCE UNITS DEPLOYMENT IN CAUCASUS UNACCEPTABLE – FM

ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 21 2007

YEREVAN, March 21 (Itar-Tass) – Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian considers the deployment of the U.S. missile defence
components in the Caucasus unacceptable.

"To a larger degree, our region is rather complicated and any such
action is unacceptable here," he told a news conference on Wednesday.

He pointed out that statements about the deployment of the U.S. missile
defence units in the region "have not been confirmed so far and remain
at the level of talks."

Oskanian believes that "Russia and the U.S. have much more common
interests than discrepancies and differences."

"International interests require Moscow-Washington cooperation,"
he said. "There are problems that cannot be resolved on one’s own –
these are the fight against terrorism, energy and transport security."