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Reuters: U.S. Ready to Help Russia with Military Reform.

Reuters

26 June 1997

U.S. READY TO HELP RUSSIA WITH MILITARY REFORM

MOSCOW -- The United States has told Moscow it is ready to help Russia with its hotly-debated proposals to reform the huge but demoralized armed forces, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense John White said on Thursday.

White, on the last leg of a European tour that has taken him to Moldova, Bosnia and NATO headquarters, told reporters the United States was equally committed to adapting its forces to the new age but started from a significantly better position.

"Most recently in our reform efforts I chaired the quadrennial defense review which emphasized readiness and increased spending on modernization of our weapons systems," White said.

"We have in that regard provided Russians with copies of our various studies, explained our thinking on these issues and have offered to be of assistance to them in any way that would be useful to them," he said.

White met Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev on Wednesday, the first time a U.S. government representative has had a chance to assess the new minister.

President Boris Yeltsin has said he wants his armed forces to be cut to 1.2 million troops from about 1.8 million now as part of a long-term strategy to transform the ramshackle, conscript-based forces into a leaner, professional force.

He sacked the previous minister, Igor Rodionov, for dragging his feet over reforms. On Tuesday, Gen. Lev Rokhlin, head of the parliamentary defense committee, blamed Yeltsin for allowing the armed forces to deteriorate dramatically.

White said one area where the United States could help Russia was in military technical cooperation and added that he held talks with Russian experts on this in Moscow.

A senior defense official traveling with White said an overall agreement on technical cooperation could be signed by the autumn, if not before. One joint project involves work on aircraft ejector seats.

The overall aim was to pool research and development resources where it made sense and to contribute to stability.

"It will help ensure there are no surprises," the official said.

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Johnson's Russia List

26 June 1997

djohnson@cdi.org

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