Agreement on Missile Defense Between Russia and the United States Is on the Horizon
5 Apr 2008 02:04 Africa/Lagos Agreement on Missile Defense Between Russia and the United States Is on the Horizon WASHINGTON, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, (www.missiledfenseadvocacy.org), went on record today with his MDAA membership discussing what an agreement on missile defense between Russia and the United States would mean in terms of stability and meeting the threat posed by Iran. His comments include the following: "On the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush's retreat on the coast of the Black Sea at Sochi in Southern Russia this Sunday, we as a nation and a world wait with great anticipation for a collective endorsement of the proposed Missile Defense system to be placed in Europe and a mutual recognition of the threat from Iran by these two Presidents and the nations that they represent. "This potential announcement of making our world safer ...