Poland has already received a new offer from the United States during their latest round of missile talks, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Wednesday.
The new offer brought to Warsaw by U.S. Assistant State Secretary John Rood is much closer to what Poland has demanded in return for hosting part of a planned U.S. missile shield, Polish news agency PAP quoted Sikorski as saying.
The two sides will begin the second phase of missile talks Thursday morning, said the foreign minister, who is also Poland's top negotiator on the issue. A deal is quite possible, he added.
The United States plans to install a base for 10 interceptor missiles in northern Poland to protect itself and Europe in the event of attacks from what it calls "rogue" states.
Warsaw has been lobbying Washington to provide a THAAD or Patriot-type air defense system in exchange for a Polish green light to hosting the silos.
Russia opposes the anti-missile shield plan as a threat to its national security. Moscow has warned it will target its missiles at the system if it is deployed in Poland.
Source:Xinhua
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