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Russia has proposed a way out of the standoff created by the U.S. deployment of missile defense elements in Europe but the United States is unwilling to make contact, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said.

“We made good propositions concerning cooperation on missile defense
to the Americans at the negotiations with U.S. colleagues in New York
City in December. This is the most pressing issue in Russian-U.S.
relations, not to mention Ukraine. We were expecting our colleagues in
February and are waiting for the consultations to continue but they
never arrived. One may say that their silence is the answer, and if it
is we can accept it,” Antonov said in an interview with television
station Rossiya 24.

“We have suggested a way out of the standoff, which takes into
consideration concerns of the Russian side and the Americans. We would
have broken even and moved on,” Antonov said.