Polish Deputy Foreign Minister and chief negotiator of anti-missile talks Witold Waszczykowski said Thursday that in two or three months Poland and the United States could initial the agreement on anti-missile system.
A new round of U.S.-Polish talks on anti-missile system began in Warsaw in the same day and will last for two days. After the first day of talks, Waszczykowski told reporters that the negotiation representatives of both sides mainly discussed those connected to access, operation and functioning of the base, military personnel on Polish territory and U.S.-Polish politics defense cooperation agreement draft.
He also said that both sides negotiated about the very complicated legal base status.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Rood said the talks had made some substantial progress. Although there existed some divergences, two sides could solve affirmatively, he added.
Waszczykowski and Rood expressed conformably, no matter whether Poland shifts to an earlier date entering into the parliament election or not, the negotiation on Anti-missile system should keep going.
The United States wants to deploy part of its anti-missile shield in eastern Europe -- a radar system in the Czech Republic and a missile interceptor site in Poland. Polish-U.S. talks on the possible deployment have been ongoing since May of this year.
The Polish government has brought forward a set of conditions such as increasing aiding to Polish military affairs, reinforcing antiaircraft system of Poland, the base to accept the Polish jurisdiction of courts in negotiation.
Source: Xinhua
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