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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
The Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament regrets moves towards the establishment of a US interceptor missile
base in Romania, announced only days after plans emerged to site Patriot
batteries in four Gulf states. CND criticised the move as part of a deepening
entrenchment of US forces in the region.
Kate Hudson, Chair of the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said "President Obama's reconfiguration of
plans for the Czech Republic and Poland allowed the 'reset' of relations with
Russia. But deploying an ever-greater number of military systems across eastern
Europe does nothing to help the US and Russia conclude a successor to the START
disarmament treaty. Nor does it help make Europe safer. The suggestion that
Aegis missile defence ships may patrol the Baltic and the Black Sea and that a
Ukrainian radar may be used in the system, means there is a real risk that the
thawing of US-Russian relations will be sent off-course. The US move to make
permanent a temporary military base in Romania - and continued efforts to expand
NATO - all serve to push Europe towards more military spending when it is
completely unnecessary and we can ill afford it."
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