The United States expects to continue missile...
Washington will be "working with them [Moscow] to try to find common ground around missile defense, which we are committed to pursuing," she said.
Clinton also said that the new arms reduction treaty that the U.S. and Russian leaders will sign in Prague on April 8 had no connection to Washington"s missile defense plans.
"The START treaty is not about missile defense. It is about cutting the respective sizes of our arsenals, our strategic offensive weapons," Clinton said adding that Russian concerns over missile defense were "no surprise."
"We have persistently sought to explain to them [Russia] the purpose for missile defense, the role that we believe it can and should play in preventing proliferation and nuclear terrorism," she said.
Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov said earlier on Tuesday that Moscow may withdraw from the arms reduction treaty if Washington significantly increases its missile defense.