File Photograph of Russian soldiers near a Topol-M ICBM. "The United States is open to the possibility of new forms of cooperation in the field of missile defense" according to Willaim Burns quoted by Interfax whilst in Moscow today. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)U.S. Offers Moscow Concession On Missile Shield -- Yahoo News/Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States is ready to look at re-modeling its missile defense plans to include Moscow, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Friday in a concession to Russian opposition.
The Kremlin has been pressing Washington to give ground on the proposed missile shield in exchange for Russia helping supply the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan -- a priority for new President Barack Obama.
Washington and Moscow have in the past discussed a compromise deal that would give Russia a role in the U.S. shield but those talks petered out in the last days of the previous U.S. administration.
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