Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that Poland had not changed its mind about the U. S. anti-missile shield and still believed it was necessary, Xinhua reported.
But the shield is to be built by the U.S. and not by Poland, Polish news agency PAP quoted Tusk as telling the Italian Avvenire daily.
"We believe that in the face of new nuclear threats, a proper defense system is necessary and we hope that the U.S. and Russia will reach agreement," Tusk said.
In late May U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that taking a decision on a missile defense base in Poland, the U.S. will take into account both its effectiveness and alliance commitments to Poland. She stressed that the U.S. administration was still reviewing the project.
Under the Polish-U.S. accord signed last year, 10 ground base interceptors are to be installed in Redzikowo, northern Poland, part of a larger system that would include a radar system in the Czech Republic.
Russia objects the anti-missile shield plan, warning it will deploy a short-range missile system in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad bordering Poland, in response to the U.S. plans.
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