US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on her way to Europe for crisis talks with NATO allies on the situation in Georgia.
Her first stop is Brussels where she will meet EU leadership including French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Union High Representative Javier Solana. Rice's visit will also take her to Warsaw where she is scheduled to sign a key missile defense shield pact with Poland on Wednesday. The deal envisages the installation of US interceptor missiles on Polish territory. Washington insists the shield is France rejects veiled Muslim wife ...
Poland reportedly agrees with USA on missile base treaty ... designed to fend off potential missile attacks by "rogue states" such as Iran. The plan, however, has become a major source of tension with Moscow, which considers it a security threat designed to undermine Russia's nuclear deterrent.
(Deutsche Welle)
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