WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Russia insists on participation of not only political but also military specialists at the upcoming meeting of the UN Security Council permanent members on nuclear doctrines, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Leontyev told Sputnik.
According to the official, Russia plans to bring up a number of issues related to US missile defense, nuclear weapons in Europe and NATO deployment at the upcoming P5 nuclear talks.
"It is clear that the discussions of these issues require the presence of not only our political specialists, but also the military ones," Leontyev said.
On Thursday, US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller announced that the P5 states would discuss their nuclear doctrines at a meeting on October 6 in New York.
