MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Talks between Russian and U.S. top diplomats and defense ministers have failed to reach compromise on U.S. plans to deploy missile shield components in Central Europe, a proposal rejected by Moscow.

　　Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the United States reaffirmed its intention to build a missile shield in Central Europe after the one-day 2-plus-2 talks in Moscow that involved his U.S. counterpart Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

　　Rice told a press conference after the talks that the United States thought about some proposals on the missile shield and is looking forward experts' opinions and Moscow's reply.

　　The U.S.-Russian relations are "complex" and proceeding in a way marked by cooperation and difference that can be talked with each other, she said.

　　The two sides also discussed arms control treaties and pledged to further bilateral ties.