Poland accuses Russia of blackmail in opposition to US missile shield plan
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"You and I know, a dish does not make you sick"  Poland's foreign minister Radek Sikorski on Thursday accused Russia of blackmail for making threats aimed at derailing plans to allow the U.S. to install missile defence interceptors on Polish territory. via MyTELUS
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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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Polish and U.S. officials met Thursday to discuss a U.S. request to place a missile defense base in Poland &#151; a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned anew that the system could spark a new arms race.
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Poland may allow Moscow to inspect a U.S. anti-missile shield on its territory to convince the Kremlin the weapons would pose no threat to Russia, a Polish official said on Friday.
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Poland's top missile defense negotiator said Tuesday that Warsaw could conclude by September an agreement to host U.S. interceptors and accused Russia of trying to sidetrack talks with an alternative proposal.
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Central European Social Democrat parties  rejected on Thursday a U.S. plan to build part of its missile  defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, saying it  threatened to bring about a new arms race.
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The United States and Poland broke a logjam yesterday in negotiations over U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, with the Bush administration committing "in principle" to help Poland modernize its armed forces.
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President Bush and the Czech Republic's leaders on Tuesday defended plans to base part of a U.S. missile shield here despite fierce opposition from Russia.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad enclave bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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Poland says it will drop its opposition to a proposed European Union partnership agreement with Russia, if the union meets its demands.Comment
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski will invite leaders of all political parties next week to discuss a plan to host elements of a U.S. anti-missile shield, officials said on Wednesday.
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A U.S. missile-defense system will be built in Poland despite Russia's anger over the plans, Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Monday after a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.
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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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A U.S. plan to base a missile defense  system in eastern Europe triggered friction among NATO allies  on Monday as the Czech Republic rejected criticism of talks  with Washington over its possible participation.
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Russian opposition to a U.S. proposal to build a missile defense system in Poland stems from Moscow's hopes to regain influence over its former satellite, the prime minister said Tuesday. The comments by Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski came a day after a Russian general warned that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host U.S. missile defense bases.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dismissed on Sunday a Russian warning that the positioning of a U.S. anti-missile base in Poland could trigger a Russian ballistic missile attack.
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Russian opposition to a U.S. proposal to build a missile defense system in Poland stems from Moscow's hopes to regain influence over its former satellite, the prime minister said Tuesday.Comment