The United States and Poland have signed a deal that will see part of an American anti-missile shield based on Polish soil.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski signed the agreement in a ceremony in the Polish capital, Warsaw. Washington says the defence system is meant to counter the threat of what it describes as rogue states acquiring ballistic missiles. Russia says the system threatens its own nuclear deterrent. Following the signing ceremony, Rice dismissed the Russian concerns. Negotiations over installing the shield in Poland wrapped up last week against the backdrop of heightened tensions between the West and Moscow over the conflict in Georgia.
(Deutsche Welle)
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