U.S. IDEAS ON NMD DESCRIBED AS 'LAUGHABLE.' Marshal Igor
Sergeev told RIA-Novosti on 14 May that American ideas about
missile defense are "laughable" but warned that Washington
almost certainly will ignore Russia's views on the matter and
go ahead. He said that Russian negotiators had not received
any response last week from visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of
State Paul Wolfowitz to whom they proposed the creation of a
joint group "to talk about missile threats in terms of
science, not politics." Also on 14 May, U.S. Secretary of
State Colin Powell said he will discuss the issues of missile
defense when Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visits
Washington on 18 May, dpa reported. PG
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