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شهریورUS missile shield, ’star wars on earth’
Iran’s Foreign Minister says Washington’s missile shield project is a realization of star wars on earth which is aimed to confine Russia.
“The US missile shield is aimed at bringing Russia under control,” Manouchehr Mottaki said in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow Friday.
The Iranian senior official described cooperation among the nations as the best way to thwart the ‘conspiracy of crisis’ in the region.
Lavrov for his part maintained that the US missile shield is aimed to contain Russia’s power, saying Moscow is ready to expand “security cooperation” with Iran and with countries in the Caucasus region to restore regional stability and tranquility.
“In addition to regional cooperation, dialogue with Europe can also be put on the agenda because of its potential and promises to establish stability and peace in the Caucasus region,” the Iranian minister continued.
Georgia launched a large-scale attack against South Ossetia last month, triggering a conflict which prompted Russia to send armed convoys and military combat aircraft to the breakaway region to protect South Ossetians, most of whom have Russian citizenship.
Georgia’s military intervention in the region resulted in the killing of Russian peacekeepers and dozens of civilians, according to the Kremlin.
Relations between Russia and the West have slumped to a tense post-Cold War low, particularly after the US sent its warships to the Black Sea to send what it calls humanitarian aid to Georgians.
Russia which blames the US for orchestrating the crisis in its backyard responded with similar measures.
On November 10-14, four Russian ships and 1,000 soldiers will hold joint military maneuvers with Venezuelan aircraft and submarines in the Caribean Sea.
The four ships will include the Peter the Great nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser and the Admiral Chabanenko anti-submarine ship, Nesterenko told a briefing in Moscow.
“The exercises will not be targeted against any third party,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.
Russia has also announced that the country is renovating the Syrian port of Tartus permitting Moscow to develop and enlarge the port for a naval presence in the Mediterranean.
On Friday, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev compared the invasion of South Ossetia by Georgia to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
“For Russia, August 8, 2008 was almost like September 11, 2001 in the United States.”
“The world changed almost immediately,” Medvedev added suggesting that the backwash of the short-lived armed conflict has a long way to go.
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