Germany wants talks on NATO missile shield
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - Germany stepped up calls on Friday for NATO talks on creating a missile defense shield for Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance approval.
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The UK and US are discussing whether to site a US anti-ballistic missile defences on UK soil.
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The head of NATO urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a missile defense shield.
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Moscow and Washington are no closer to resolving their differences over U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe despite talks on a compromise, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Poland and Russia engaged in their first direct talks today over the Pentagon's divisive plans to install missile defence systems in central Europe.
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Russia on Monday requested an emergency conference to discuss an arms control pact after accusing NATO nations of ignoring the deal negotiated in the months after the Cold War ended.
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NATO's chief and a top Russian lawmaker on Monday clashed over a U.S. plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a US proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but US and other officials
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Britain is holding talks with the United  States about participating in a U.S. plan for a missile defense  shield, the government said on Friday.
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NATO was expected to discuss on Thursday possible extension of a planned U.S. missile defense to the alliance's vulnerable southeastern flank and may express interest in Kremlin proposals for cooperation in the shield.
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MOSCOW, Jun 7 (IPS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to  reaffirm his disagreement with Washington's view of Russian  democracy, reiterate objections to the proposed U.S. missile  shield in Eastern Europe and give more meaningful explanations on  the rules of the international community at the Group of Eight  (G8) summit under way in Germany this week, analysts say.
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Russia says it may target missiles at Ukraine if it joins Nato and deploys the US missile defence shield.
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The US president says a Europe missile shield is an "urgent" need as his defence chief hints at a delay.
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PARIS/BERLIN  - France hopes to be able to announce an agreement about a simplified management structure for European defense group EADS  at a summit meeting on Monday, but Germany is in no hurry to strike a deal.
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President George W. Bush meets his  Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski on Monday to iron out details  of plans for a U.S. missile shield in eastern Europe that could  strain relations with an already jittery Moscow.
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"It seems to me that the Americans are starting to better understand our concerns"  NOORDWIJK, Netherlands : NATO appeared to make little progress Thursday in narrowing differences with Russia over plans by the United States to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, even after ... via International Herald Tribune
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NATO reacted cautiously on Friday to a Russian offer for the United States to use a Russian-controlled radar in Azerbaijan for a missile defense shield, questioning whether its location was ideal.