RUSSIA SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION FOR EXPANDING ARMS SALES

In: Arms control today, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 24

Abstract

IN AN EFFORT TO REVERSE RUSSIA'S SAGGING WEAPONS EXPORTS, FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV HAS PROPOSED THAT WASHINGTON MAKE ROOM FOR RUSSIAN ARMS EXPORTERS SEEKING TO PENETRATE TRADITIONAL MARKETS FOR AMERICAN WEAPONS. HE REQUESTED UNSPECIFIED U.S. ACTION TO FACILITATE RUSSIAN WEAPONS SALES TO TRADITIONAL AMERICAN CLIENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, EAST ASIA, AND THE WEST. HE SAID THAT OPENING UP MARKETS WOULD DECREASE PRESSURE ON MOSCOW TO RESUME ARMS SALES TO "THE WRONG PEOPLE."