Robert Wood : Russians remain concerned about Iran’s nuclear program

In his daily Press Briefing on April 5, 2009, Robert Wood, Acting US State Department Spokesman, said that Russians remained concerned about Iran’s nuclear progam.
Rober Wood said: “we have heard Russian officials speak to the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. They remain concerned about it. I’d have to refer you to the Government of the Federation – the Russian Federation for their specific views on it. But they have certainly made very clear that they remain concerned about what Iran is doing with regards to its nuclear program.
There’s no question we have had a series of have said we’re engaging in missile defense in Europe to protect us all from the threat of future Iranian missile threat.
We’ve made that point clear to the Russians many times. We look forward to cooperating with them on missile defense. And the Secretary recently had a meeting, as you know, with Foreign Minister Lavrov in Geneva. They also met briefly in The Hague. We’re putting together a team that’s going to work on arms control issues with the Russians.
So, you know, it’s an important relationship. There are a lot of elements to it. We look forward to working with our Russian partners to deal with a lot of these challenges that we face.”