Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that his talks in Moscow showed that declarations made by Russian leaders on the readiness to improve Polish-Russian relations were not empty.
Tusk made the statement after talks on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and first deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during his one-day visit in Moscow, Polish news agency PAP reported.
According to the Polish prime minister, progress has been achieved in some matters, especially if to take into account the level of understanding for mutual points of view.
Tusk said it was Poland's right to decide whether to host a U.S. missile shield and Moscow should accept that.
"President Putin is certainly no admirer of the U.S. anti-missile shield project but obviously he recognizes Poland's right to decide what and whose military installations will be deployed in our territory," PAP quoted Tusk as telling a press conference after his talks in Moscow.
The question of what the installations will be like and what its possible monitoring by third countries will be decided in Poland and then in talks with our ally, the United States, Tusk said.
But "it seems that there is some space, some room for a serious discussion that will defuse the tension surrounding the project," Tusk added when speaking about its monitoring.
The United States is planning to deploy 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic as part of its European missile shield. Russia has objected the plan, saying it will threaten Russian national security.
The current Polish government, elected last year, has showed willingness to maintain friendly relations with Russia and not to dramatize existing differences.
Source: Xinhua
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