MOSCOW–(ENWESPF)–March 22, 2011 – Coalition forces enforcing a no-fly zone in Libya to halt the slaughter of citizens by Moammar Gadhafi “have gone to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
Gates and Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov met to discuss a range of issues that also included the new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, missile defense, cooperation in Afghanistan, defense reform, and a new defense relations working group.






