Chairman of the Kremlin's inter-agency working group for interaction with NATO on missile defense, Russia's NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin has started a mission to tour NATO member-countries on President Dmitry Medvedev's commission to explain Moscow's position on the proposed European missile defense shield.
"I will arrive in Ljubljana on Monday on the Slovenian president’s invitation as a special Kremlin envoy to speak about Russia’s approaches to missile defense," Rogozin told Interfax on Thursday.
A trip to Warsaw has been scheduled for late June and talks are underway on a visit to the United States in July, he said.
"I have returned from London today after a conference on missile defense and debates with leading Pentagon negotiators," Rogozin also said, adding that he had met with Principal Deputy U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Miller, and Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly.
A meeting was also held in London with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, he said. Rogozin is going to Berlin on Thursday evening with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
