Poland hopes to end negotiations on misslie defense shield as soon as possible

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Wednesday he hoped that the negotiations with the United States on an anti-missile shield would end as soon as possible.

He added that it was currently impossible to talk about their outcome.

"At the moment it is impossible to say when these negotiations can end," Kaczynski was quoted by the Polish news agency PAP as saying. But He hoped such matters would end quickly.

Kaczynski said the U.S. has put forward its own proposal, but Poland also has its own conditions, adding "I hope that these conditions will be discussed and accepted by the United States."

According to the prime minister, the shield will serve in the protection of U.S. territory and consolidate the Polish-U.S. alliance. But it must be built in a way that does not harm Poland's security.

On Jan. 20, Washington proposed to locate a radar centre of its National Missile Defense (NMD) system in the Czech Republic and interceptor rockets in Poland. The base in Poland would supplement two others located in Alaska and California.

The United States said that the shield has been designed to intercept rockets fired against the U.S. from the Middle or Far East.

The Polish prime minister on Monday met with visiting Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. The two sides discussed the possible deployment of components of the U.S. missile defense shield in the two countries.

After the meeting, Topolanek said that Poland and the Czech Republic would continue consultations on the NMD.

Source:english.people.com.cn