HENICK: U.S. NOT HOLDING TALKS ON ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM INSTALLATION IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.04.2007 19:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Presently the Unites States doesn’t hold any talks
on installation of anti-missile defense in the South Caucasus, said
Jonathan Henick, the PR officer of the U.S. Embassy in Baku.

As PanARMENIAN.Net reported, in early March Missile Defense Agency
Lt. Gen. Henry Henry Obering stated in Brussels that the Pentagon would
like to station a U.S. air-defense radar in one of Caucasian countries.

At the same time he did specify the country. All official
representatives of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan said they have
not received such an offer from the United States.

Later Mr Obering said, "We have not offered any Caucasian state to
station an anti-missile radar." He said in order to strengthen defense
and protection from possible threats by Iran, experts examined possible
trajectories of missile strikes by Iran towards Europe and U.S.,
after which it became clear that the countries, where air-defense
systems can be stationed, are Poland and the Czech Republic. "We have
not turned to any country except Poland and the Czech Republic with
a request to station air-defense system elements," he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress