U.S., Russia agree to solve anti-missile disputes

    WASHINGTON, May 4 (Xinhua)-- The United States has reached an agreement to hold top-level meetings to resolve an escalating dispute over American plans to build anti-missile system in Eastern Europe, a senior U.S. official said Friday.

    "We have agreed to a Russian suggestion that the secretaries of defense and state meet with their Russian counterparts and do so in a so-called 2+2" format, Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried told reporters. Full story

U.S. hopes Russia to join missile defense system

    WASHINGTON, April 30 (Xinhua) -- President George W. Bush on Monday defended that U.S. missile defense system is to prevent attacks from the "rogue regimes" and reiterated his country's call for Russia to take part in the plan.

    "Our intention of course is to have a defense system that prevents rogue regimes from holding western Europe and/or America hostage," Bush said as he welcomed European Union leaders to the White House for the annual US-EU summit. Full story

U.S., Czech presidents discuss U.S. missile shield plan

    WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush and his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus discussed the U.S. plan to install radar scanners in the Czech Republic, said the U.S. government on Wednesday.

    The two presidents held a telephone conversation, in which they "discussed missile defense as well as a number of bilateral and regional issues," said the White House's National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe in a statement. Full story