Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia was ready to deploy missiles in its Kaliningrad exclave, which borders EU member states Poland and Lithuania, to offset the threat from a planned US missile shield in Europe.
On the first day of the NATO meeting in Lisbon, allies agreed to set up the first-ever Europe-wide anti-missile defence shield, inviting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) to take part as well.
The NATO alliance opened its summit in Lisbon on Friday with ending the war in Afghanistan and erecting Europe-wide anti-missile shield high on the agenda.
Leaders of NATO's 28 member states are meeting in Lisbon for one of the most important summits in the military alliance's history. But will they reconsider the old way of doing business for NATO's critical mission in Afghanistan?
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton oversaw the signing of a deal with Poland Saturday allowing a revised missile-shield program to defend against potential threats from Iran or elsewhere. Russia has been a vocal critic of such pacts in the past.
Polish and US officials have unveiled Poland's first Patriot-type missile base in the town of Morag near the Russian border, in a move Moscow says will jeopardize bilateral relations and security in the region.
Romania’s top defence body approved a plan by Washington on Thursday to deploy interceptor missiles in the Black Sea state as part of a missile shield to protect Europe, President Traian Basescu said.
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Romania has joined Poland in embracing the new US missile defence system that replaces plans for a European missile shield. Slovakia, however, has ruled out taking part.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) said on Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden (left) that Poland would take part in a new US anti-missile system that replaces plans for a European missile shield opposed by Russia.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Moscow holding the first high level talks between the US and Russia since President Obama announced that Washington was abandoning its plans for a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
