He also reiterated China's opposition to American efforts to build the missile defense system in South Korea.
Experts estimated it would have taken at least six years to build the missile, if it had worked at all.
The Russian leader said if the United States acted unilaterally by withdrawing from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty to build the missile shield, Russia would pull out of all arms control treaties of the last 30 years.
That meeting, in Genoa, Italy, is expected to focus on American plans to build the missile shield, which the Americans admit would violate a longstanding treaty between the two nations.
In an interview in the presidential palace here, President Nursultan A. Nazarbayev urged President Bush to work with Russia and other states that have nuclear weapons to reduce strategic nuclear arsenals rather than proceed with plans to build the missile defense shield and to abandon the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty with the former Soviet Union.
In an extensive interview, Mr. Rumsfeld, a former naval aviator, college wrestler, congressman and pharmaceutical executive, spoke about his desire to build the missile shield, his vision for the military and his sweeping review of Pentagon policies and programs, a process that many senior Congressional and military officials have criticized as overly secretive.
Without more concrete agreements and changes in North Korea's behavior, the officials said, it would not be prudent to back away from plans to build the missile defense now, despite the fact that the proposal has roiled relations with Russia, China and even America's European allies.
Douglas Aircraft had been selected to build the missiles for Zeus, known under the company designation DM-15.
Eleven months after the shelter was built, the Cuban Missile Crisis erupted.
He and his cousin, a Connecticut real estate developer, then built on the missile site.
