Polish PM (the Jew Kaczynski) backs US missile shield
Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said he was in favor, under certain conditions, of Poland housing missiles for a defense shield that Washington wants to set up in central Europe.
"The government and I are in favor of an agreement on the missile shield, but, naturally, only under certain conditions," Kaczynski told a press conference.
"There are shortcomings and dangers associated with setting up the missile shield in Poland, but if it is well negotiated, this would increase our security," he said, adding that he would discuss the issue later Thursday with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The United States last month said it would soon begin formal talks with the Czech Republic and Poland on deploying a missile defence system in Europe, designed to intercept missile attacks from Iran and North Korea.
The system calls for Interceptor missiles to be deployed in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic by 2012.
Polish parliamentary groups held a first meeting about the missile shield on Monday, but failed to "reach absolute unanimity on whether the anti-missile shield would reinforce our security," Kaczynski told reporters after the talks.
The Polish premier also said he saw "no sense" in holding a referendum on the issue.
New Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has also spoken out in favour of the US missile shield, and, like Kaczynski, ruled out putting the issue to a popular vote.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has also supported the plan, insisting it did not target Russia which has strongly objected to having the missiles and radar system stationed on its doorstep.
"The target is not Russia," Klaus told a news conference in Tokyo.
"The installation of the defence system would not be there for the defence of the Czech Republic," he said.
"We are part of the free world, we are part of NATO, we are part of the community of the Western world. So this is our contribution to the whole system of defence and security in this part of the world."
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