Russia Blocks USS Frigate Ford
Russian Navy's ships will not
participate at the Open Spirit 2008 international naval exercise in the
Baltic Sea, assistant to the Navy Commander-in-Chief Igor Dygalo told
Interfax-AVN on Tuesday.
"According to the decision by the Russian Defense Minister, the
Russian Navy Central Command notified Lithuania through diplomatic
channels that the Baltic Fleet minesweepers
More.. will not participate at the
international naval exercise Open Spirit 2008 in the Baltic Sea," Dygalo
said.
The United States has been notified through diplomatic channels
that the business visit by the guided missile frigate USS Ford to
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which was due to take place on September 5-9,
2008, does not appear possible at the moment, he said.
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