MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Recent...

Sergei Ryabkov said Russia was "particularly interested" in "what we should expect, where these systems will be based, how it [the missile shield] will be made up."

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow, with U.S. missile defense plans central to their discussions.

"The Americans provided detailed explanations on these issues, and we will study them," Ryabkov said, adding, however, that the way U.S. plans flesh out "will depend on the situation."

He said a date for the next round of consultations was yet to be agreed but that in the meantime "we will mainly work to prepare for a joint assessment of missile proliferation risks."

Ryabkov also said the United States had shown interest in security cooperation with Russia along a number of lines, not only on joint use of the Gabala radar facility in Azerbaijan.

Moscow offered the use of the radar station as an alternative to now-dropped

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