Poland optimistic on US missile deal
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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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Poland, one of the main pillars of the US-led coalition in Iraq, will soon fix a date for the withdrawal of its 2,500 troops, its defence minister said, the day after he surprised Washington by promising a pullout by the end of 2005.
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President Bush signaled Friday the United States will press ahead with a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe despite Russia's heated objections. Poland's president expressed support for installing interceptor rockets in his country.
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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.Comment
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The possibility of Poland serving as hub for a U.S. missile defense project is on the agenda for talks between Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and President Bush.
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Washington needs to provide more security for Poland if it wants Warsaw to host a U.S. missile defense base, the Polish defense minister said in remarks published Saturday.
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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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Poland expects to sign an agreement with the United States by October to allow parts of a U.S. anti-missile shield to be built on Polish soil, a Polish official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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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 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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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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Czech and Polish leaders back a US plan to install missile defence facilities on their territory.
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ROME -- President Bush yesterday received an endorsement in Poland for placing missile interceptors there, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia presented a second alternative in two days for where the United States should install the missile-defense system.
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Investor's Business Daily - During a meeting with Polish President Lech Kaczynski, President Bush called the shield a &quot;symbol of our desire to work for peace and security.&quot; The U.S. wants to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the plan a threat and said he&#39;ll oppose missiles in Poland.
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U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, apparently trying to woo Polish-American voters after failing to mention Poland in a debate with President Bush, has praised Warsaw as a U.S. bridge to Europe.
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MOSCOW: Poland and the Czech Republic risk being the targets of Russian missiles if they agree to provide sites for a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is unlikely to sign a deal with the United States on hosting a US anti-missile system when he visits Washington next month, Defence Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Saturday.