NATO"s secretary-general reiterated on Wednesday...

"Together NATO and Russia should explore cooperation on missile defense - a security roof that will give real security to our people," Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a video address posted on NATO website.

"I believe this is the most significant step we can take to integrate Russia more fully in Euro-Atlantic security. It would demonstrate on a daily basis that we cooperate and exchange information to counter the rising threat of missile proliferation," he said.

Moscow has long opposed U.S. plans to place elements of its missile defense network in eastern Europe, and hoped that the controversy over the U.S. missile shield had been resolved last year when the Obama administration scrapped plans to deploy interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic.

However, Washington"s new phased-in approach for European missile defense, which adds a naval component and could involve not only Poland and the Czech Republic but also Romania and Bulgaria, makes

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