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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (3) Editor's Choice Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants: report Greeks rage against austerity, aid deal seen delayed Analysis: Obama 2012 -- it's all about jobs Pandora shares soar in market debut Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds anti-union law GM searches for road map to fix Europe's Opel Obama, Boehner golf to get debt talks out of rough Comment: Make Puerto Rico a state: it’s good for business Video: The history of U.S.-China relations Slideshow: Arizona wildfire rages Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Spelling mansion sold to Formula One heiress: report 1:25am EDT Data shows troubling mix of weakness, inflation 10:17am EDT Greeks strike and clash with police over austerity | 11:21am EDT Greeks rage on austerity, aid deal seen delayed 11:20am EDT Wall Street drops on Greece fears, data 9:59am EDT Discussed 129 Alabama governor signs nation’s toughest immigration law 111 Obama weighs new steps to boost jobs 71 Obama holds off challengers despite economy Watched Airbus' view of flying in the future Mon, Jun 13 2011 Obama resigns from church Mon, Jun 2 2008 Bernanke's debt crisis warning 3:25am EDT China and allies back Russia against U.S. missile shield Tweet Share this Email Print Related News WRAPUP 5-Kissinger, Huntsman: US, China need cyber detente Tue, Jun 14 2011 Syrian forces head for second northern protest town Mon, Jun 13 2011 Analysis: SE Asia wary of China as sea claim disputes intensify Sun, Jun 12 2011 Divided U.N. atom body sends Syria to Security Council Thu, Jun 9 2011 Six powers push defiant Iran to address nuclear fears Thu, Jun 9 2011 Analysis & Opinion Nuclear power in scary places A military response to cyberattacks is preposterous Related Topics World » Politics » China » Russia » Kyrgyzstan » By Alexei Anishchuk ASTANA | Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:03am EDT ASTANA (Reuters) - Russia won the backing of China and other members of a regional security body in criticizing U.S. plans for a missile shield, saying on Wednesday it could undermine global security. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a security bloc grouping Russia, China and four ex-Soviet Central Asian states, signed a declaration condemning any unilateral build-up of missile defenses after their leaders met in the Kazakh capital. "The unilateral and unlimited build-up of missile defense by a single state or by a narrow group of states could damage strategic stability and international security," the six members of the SCO said in the declaration. Apart from regional heavyweights China and Russia, the SCO also includes the mostly Muslim ex-Soviet Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia have observer status in the body, set up 10 years ago to promote regional cooperation. Moscow has recently stepped up criticism of U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses in Europe and has pressed for binding guarantees that the system would not weaken Russia's nuclear arsenal. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened a new Cold War-style arms race if Moscow and Washington fail to resolve the missile defense spat. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said SCO members had been unanimous in their criticism of the missile shield and that the declaration referred not only to the European system. "It is part of a global shield, and the global missile defense system being set up by the United States, which also covers East and South Asia," he said. The United States says its planned shield is meant to reduce the threat of a missile attack by Iran. Moscow says it fears the true aim is to neutralize Russia's own nuclear arsenal. "The Russian bear sits in its lair, and the NATO huntsman comes over to his house and asks him to come hunt the rabbit. .... Why do your rifles have the caliber to hunt the bear, not the rabbit?" Russia's NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin said at a panel talk at London's Royal United Services Institute think-tank. U.S. officials say the proposed shield could not neutralize Russia's vast arsenal, so Moscow has nothing to fear. "If we tried go in that direction it would not work, it would bankrupt us, it would not be in our interests .... and it is not going to happen," James Miller, U.S. principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, told the panel. ANTI-WESTERN STAND Russia and China have often voiced unity in opposition to perceived U.S. global dominance. As permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, they have expressed opposition to Western-led resolutions, including an effort to condemn Syria's bloody crackdown on anti-government protests. "The task of preserving global peace and promoting common development is getting more arduous and more onerous," Chinese President Hu Jintao said. Nevertheless, China and Russia have supported four rounds of U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, effectively blocking full Iranian membership of the SCO when Tehran tried to join last year. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has upstaged previous SCO meetings, delivered a fiery 10-minute speech calling on members of the bloc to unite against Western powers. "I believe that, through concerted actions, it is possible to change the general course of the world order in favor of peace, justice and peoples' prosperity," Ahmadinejad said at the end of a tirade against Western countries. Russian news agency Interfax quoted Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari as reiterating his country's wish to become a fully fledged SCO member. A source in the Russian delegation, who asked not to be identified, said neither India nor Pakistan could join until they resolve their own territorial row. (Additional reporting by Dmitry Solovyov, Ben Blanchard and Chris Buckley in Astana and Mohammed Abbas in London; Writing by Robin Paxton and Steve Gutterman; Editing by Alistair Lyon) World Politics China Russia Kyrgyzstan Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (3) andrewhorning wrote: Purely defensive capability is bad. A modern state needs to be purely offensive, apparently. Sigh…we have what we have chosen. Danged shame that we humans choose so badly and fail so repetitiously… Jun 15, 2011 9:44am EDT -- Report as abuse ActualTaxpayer wrote: of course these countries want to keep their ability to lob nuclear missiles in order. How dare a country of group of countries protect themselves!!!! Thinking these people are our allies is ridiculous. Jun 15, 2011 9:55am EDT -- Report as abuse JamVee wrote: Sooner or later we must drop this goal of “protecting the world”, and just do a better job of protecting ourself. If I were a Russian, I would feel the same way. 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