London, 03/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Whereas the British Government has, contrary to other European allies and especially France and Germany, refrained from criticising the American plan of setting up a national missile defence (NMD), the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Lords presented a report on Wednesday expressing serious doubts over the appropriateness of such a system, and over the possible consequences on existing arms control agreements.
"We recommend that the government...