Warsaw hosts tense Russian talks
Friday, 12 September 2008
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has arrived in Warsaw for talks with his Polish counterpart and the country's prime minister.
Talks are expected to focus on the war in Georgia and Russia's opposition to the installation of the US missile defence system in central Europe, BBC reports.
Russia has warned Poland and the Czech Republic that missile defence shields might become targets for the country.
The US insists its defence shield is not intended as a threat to Russia. But Moscow says it will destabilise the continent's security,Russia's commander of strategic missile forces, Gen Nikolai Solovtsov said on Wednesday:
"I cannot exclude that if such decisions are taken by our top military-political leadership, the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic and other such objects could be chosen as designated targets for some of our inter-continental ballistic missiles".
Talks are expected to focus on the war in Georgia and Russia's opposition to the installation of the US missile defence system in central Europe, BBC reports.
Russia has warned Poland and the Czech Republic that missile defence shields might become targets for the country.
The US insists its defence shield is not intended as a threat to Russia. But Moscow says it will destabilise the continent's security,Russia's commander of strategic missile forces, Gen Nikolai Solovtsov said on Wednesday:
"I cannot exclude that if such decisions are taken by our top military-political leadership, the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic and other such objects could be chosen as designated targets for some of our inter-continental ballistic missiles".