US missiles in Poland irk Russia
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May 27, 2010, Thursday
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RUSSIA yesterday criticized the United States' deployment of Patriot missiles in Poland, saying the move did not help security or trust.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "Such military activity does not help to strengthen mutual security, to develop relations of trust and predictability in this region."
A Patriot surface-to-air missile battery arrived on Monday in Poland and was to be deployed in the north of the country, close to the border with Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad.
"We have repeatedly stated that we do not understand the logic and sense of cooperation between the United States and Poland in this sphere," Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
"We note with regret that our questions to the Polish and US sides have remained unanswered, as well as our arguments in favor of temporarily moving the deployment region as far as possible from Russian borders."
There was no hint of any retaliatory Russian move to the Patriot deployment in the Foreign Ministry statement.
The battery, manned by up to 150 US troops, will be stationed for about one month four times a year in Morag, northern Poland, close to Kaliningrad. Its stated main mission is to train Polish military personnel. Russia is wary about the deployment of US troops and military hardware near its borders.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "Such military activity does not help to strengthen mutual security, to develop relations of trust and predictability in this region."
A Patriot surface-to-air missile battery arrived on Monday in Poland and was to be deployed in the north of the country, close to the border with Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad.
"We have repeatedly stated that we do not understand the logic and sense of cooperation between the United States and Poland in this sphere," Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
"We note with regret that our questions to the Polish and US sides have remained unanswered, as well as our arguments in favor of temporarily moving the deployment region as far as possible from Russian borders."
There was no hint of any retaliatory Russian move to the Patriot deployment in the Foreign Ministry statement.
The battery, manned by up to 150 US troops, will be stationed for about one month four times a year in Morag, northern Poland, close to Kaliningrad. Its stated main mission is to train Polish military personnel. Russia is wary about the deployment of US troops and military hardware near its borders.
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