Poland Agrees to New US Missile Defense Plan

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | October 21, 2009, Wednesday // 19:40
Poland Agrees to New US Missile Defense Plan: Poland Agrees to New US Missile Defense Plan US Vice president Joe Biden (R) is welcomed by Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) during their meeting in Warsaw. Photo by BGNES

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has declared his country ready to take part in a revised US missile defence plan.

Tusk told visiting US Vice-President Joe Biden that Poland was "ready to participate".

Poland will now host a small US base equipped with short-range missiles. It replaces a much bigger system favoured by former President George W Bush, the BBC reported.

Biden insisted the new system was better than the old version and would mean "better security for Poland".

President Barack Obama's decision to scrap Bush-era plans to build a defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic caused some alarm in those countries.

Biden will now travel from Poland on to Romania and the Czech Republic.

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Tags: Donald Tusk, Poland, Joe Biden, US missile defense plan

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