1/25/2007

Talks on US anti-missile shield in Poland to be resumed

At the same time they had no comment on a report until a final deal had been agreed upon. Poland has long been considered as a potential location for a set of rocket batteries. The radar would be placed in the Czech Republic.

Defence Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Polish television late on Sunday that safeguarding Poland's security would be the most important factor in the government's decision on whether to allow the rockets to be placed on Polish soil.

Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried confirmed in an interview with Rzeczpospolita daily that Washington had made a specific offer to Warsaw and Prague last week to start detailed negotiations, which could last for months.

The United States is investing $10 billion a year in developing the "anti-missile shield" system, which would combine a long-range radar and ballistic rockets to detect and shoot down hostile missiles in space.

Meanwhile, a top Russian general criticised today a U.S. decision to place an anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic as a threat to Moscow, news agencies reported. "Our analysis shows that the placing of a radio locating station in the Czech Republic and anti-missile equipment in Poland is a real threat to us," Lieutenant-General Vladimir Popovkin said.

Source:poland.pl



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