Poland would like NATO base, foreign minister says
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Poland would like to host a major  NATO military installation on its soil as part of a deeper  security relationship with the United States, Polish Foreign  Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Reuters on Thursday.
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The Bush administration is optimistic it can strike a deal with Poland to house defensive missiles on Polish soil as part of a missile shield for Europe, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Czech and Polish leaders back a US plan to install missile defence facilities on their territory.
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Poland expects to clinch a deal with the  United States in February to host U.S. missiles as part of a  defensive shield in Europe, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski  said on Tuesday.
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Poland said on Thursday it would send   1,000 troops to Afghanistan next February in the first offer   since a NATO appeal for reinforcements, but it was unclear   whether any would go to the heartland of a Taliban insurgency.
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Russia wants more concrete reasons from Washington as to why it plans to build an anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
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Poland wants a bilateral pact and   improved air defenses as part of any deal to become the first   ballistic missile-defense hub outside of the United States, its   defense minister said on Wednesday.
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Poland&#39;s army has begun preparing a new troop contingent that would be sent to Iraq early next year if needed, the country&#39;s defence minister said Saturday, despite public opinion against the mission.
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.
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The United States supports modernizing Poland's air defenses, a key Polish demand for hosting part of a planned missile defense system, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
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Poland's prime minister said Tuesday that negotiations on the country's possible hosting of a U.S. missile defense site could open in a "short time, counted in weeks."
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Poland's defense minister, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, told the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza last week that Poland planned a 40 percent reduction of its forces in Iraq by the end of January 2005 and to have all its ...
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Poland is in no rush to decide on hosting a U.S. anti-missile base before American elections as a change of guard at the White House could scuttle the project, Poland's foreign minister said on Saturday.
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Polish and Czech leaders spoke on Monday in favor of allowing the United States to use their territory for parts of an anti-missile defense system that has raised Russian ire, saying it would also protect Europe.
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Polish Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper has said that he opposed plans for Poland to house missiles for a defence shield that Washington wants to set up in central Europe.
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The Bush administration is  optimistic it can strike a deal with Poland to house defensive  missiles on Polish soil as part of a missile shield for Europe,  a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Poland&#39;s 1,200 troops assigned to NATO forces in Afghanistan will not achieve full combat readiness for up to several weeks due to stolen vehicle keys, the defence ministry said on Thursday.