Moscow Warns Against U.S. Anti-Missile System in Caucasus

The Russian Foreign Ministry warned South Caucasus states on March 10 not to consider the possibility of installing components for a U.S. missile defense system in the region.

Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering, head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, said on March 1 that Washington might to build an anti-missile radar site in the Caucasus. Officials in Tbilisi said no formal request has been made by the U.S. yet.

?The U.S. plan about building components for its missile defense system, which will become strategic military facilities, in immediate proximity to Russian borders is a source of special concern,? Mikhail Kaminin, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in a press statement.

?The possible installation of components for the U.S. missile defense system in the Caucasus region will not be a positive factor for building friendly relations with those countries of the region,? he added.

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