Brussels - Moscow's NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin plans to make an announcement about talks between Russia and the alliance addressing European missile defense plans at a session of the Russia-NATO Council at the level of ambassadors on Wednesday.
At the session "[NATO] Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen plans to outline NATO’s vision of the course of missile defense negotiations between Russia and the U.S., as well as between Russia and the alliance," Rogozin told Interfax.
"Consequently, I will also make an announcement. In particular, I will express certain complaints in relation to our partners that emerged during recent talks," he said.
"One needs to remember that this conversation will take place ahead of a meeting of the defense ministers of the alliance’s member states in Brussels, as well as prior to a Russian-American meeting at the highest level between Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, who are also expected to address the problem of missile defense in light of preparations for a possible Russia-NATO summit," the Russian diplomat said.
Rogozin said that on the day of the Russia-NATO Council’s session, he would also hold a series of meetings with his counterparts from different countries as a follow-up to his recent visits to several NATO member countries and meetings with these countries’ political and military leadership.
On Wednesday evening, Rogozin will leave for Lisbon, where he will hold consultations with Portugal’s president, foreign minister and senior military officials on Thursday.
