Russia did not receive Obama's written proposals - Defense Minister

MOSCOW, March 3 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said Monday Russia has not received any written proposals regarding plans for the antiballistic missile system from U.S. President Barack Obama yet.

He also said Moscow will not launch any retalitatory measures, the possibility which it made public officially, unless the U.S. deploys elements of the global 'antiballistic missile shield' in Europe.

"If the deployment of its elements there is stopped, we won't launch the actions we planned in response," he said Monday after a meeting with his German counterpart, Franz Joseph Jung, when a correspondent asked him about the contents of a letter on antiballistic missile problems that U.S. President Barack Obama had sent to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.