Aerial view of air field and existing Polish military base in Radzikowo near Slupsk, northern Poland, May 27, 2007. The site is a possible location of part of the U.S. missile shield.
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Poland, Czech Republic Yet Unready to Tolerate Russia’s Military
Poland and the Czech Republic are yet unready to agree to the missile defense proposal that Washington has made to Moscow, but the dialogue will continue, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after returning from Kuwait, which hosted the International Conference on Iraq, Vesti reported.
The matter at stake is continuous presence of Russia’s officers at facilities of the U.S. missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. “The officers could be accredited in Russia’s embassies. But the main thing for us is the chance to permanently have our representatives at these facilities to ease our quite reasonable concern to some extent. The dialogue will continue,” Lavrov pointed out.
Poland and the Czech Republic have always voiced their agreement to visits of Russia’s military to the U.S. missile defense facilities in their countries. But they have always rejected continues presence of Russia’s officers and soldiers there.
Washington is going to construct a radar station in the Czech Republic and station ten interceptors in Poland, giving protection against potential missile attacks of Iran and North Korea as reason. Russia opposes those plans, viewing them as a threat to its national security.
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