The first Russia-U.S. consultations on Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) program will be held in Moscow October 12. Sergey Ryabkov, RF Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, will present Russian party, whereas , Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, — the American.

RF MFA informed that U.S. Administration’s new approaches in ABM program will be discussed at the meeting. It is expected that RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assessed on the talk’s outcome, Vesti TV reports.

Mrs. Clinton is expected in Moscow today. However, negotiations with Lavrov will launch the official part of the visit only on October 13. It is expected that RF President Dmitry Medvedev will receive U.S. Secretary of State afterwards.

Washington program to build the missile-defense system in East Europe triggered tension in Russia-U.S. relations within the past years.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow, admitted as possiblity the Russia-U.S. joint maintenance of Qabala and Armavir Radar Stations. According to him, Washington has been considering such a perspective. However, U.S. Defense News magazine informs that at the first Russia-U.S. anti-ballistic missile consultations, American party intends to discuss the possibility to maintain “a single radar field” through radars located on Russian and CIS territories. In focus was also the possibility to join powerful radars in South Russia (Armavir), Azerbaijan (Qabala) and those on other territories (such as Ucraine) to establish a single radar field, Interfax informs.