Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
RT: Lavrov: Russia expects US to abandon Europe AMD plans after Iran deal
Moscow hopes the US will fulfill its promise not to develop a system of missile defense in Europe after a deal with Iran has been reached, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Vienna on Tuesday.
“We all probably remember that in April 2009 in Prague [US] President [Barack] Obama said that if the Iran nuclear program issue is sorted out, then the task of creating the European segment of the missile defense system will disappear,” Lavrov said at press conference in Vienna.
He said that Tehran and the P5+1 powers (the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Russia and China) have agreed on “joint all-inclusive plan of actions, which consists of the main document and five very detailed technical appendices.”
Update: Lavrov: Russia expects US to abandon missile defense shield plans due to Iran deal -- ITAR-TASS
WNU Editor: He is saying this while knowing that the real reason why a missile defense system is being deployed in eastern Europe is to counter Russia .... not Iran. Such is diplomacy and public relations.
