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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The United States may start building a  missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy  Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview  published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.
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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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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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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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Interceptor missiles deployed in Poland as part of a US missile defense shield would be fast enough to target Russian intercontinental missiles, contrary to US assurances, a US researcher said Thursday.
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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 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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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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President George W. Bush and  Poland&#39;s president on Monday emphasized the need to build a  missile defense system in Europe that has strained relations  with Russia.
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The prime minister voiced support Thursday for a U.S. missile defense base on Polish soil &#151; as long as Warsaw can negotiate a good agreement with Washington.
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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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The United States has reassured Poland it is taking steps to cooperate more with Russia and NATO on plans to set up a missile defense system in eastern Europe, a top U.S. diplomat said Thursday.
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Proposals put forward by Washington to  ease Russian concerns over the planned missile shield in Europe  are "positive signs," a senior Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
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The Polish government signed a deal Wednesday with U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
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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 worst situation would be for Poland to say yes, and then have to pay the political price, and afterwards the shield would not be built because of a change of government in the US"  Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in an interview published Saturday said his country had still not given its approval for the planned US missile defence system in Poland. via Earth Times