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MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - The US has rejected a Russian call to freeze a planned anti-missile defence system in central Europe, despite a warning from Moscow that it would move to 'neutralise' the threat from such a system.US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after talks in Moscow that 'negotiations with our allies... will continue' on deployment of the tracking radar and missile interceptors in the Czech Republic and Poland.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow wanted the project 'frozen' and he warned that Russia would 'take measures to neutralise that threat' if it went ahead without taking into account Russian concerns. 'We would prefer to avoid such a scenario,' he added.However US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, also attending the talks in Moscow, insisted that the proposed system was not aimed at Russia.'I would just like to emphasise that the missile defence system being proposed... is not directed at Russia. It will have no impact on Russia's strategic deterrent,' he said.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comwjCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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