U.S., RUSSIA CONSULT ON MISSILE DEFENSE. First Deputy
Defense Minister Anatolii Kvashnin met with visiting
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Paul Wolfowitz on 11
May to discuss American plans to introduce an
antiballistic missile system, Russian and Western
agencies reported. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Aleksandr Yakovenko said that the talks were "rich in
content" but that they had raised more questions than
answers. PG
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