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Germany wants talks on NATO missile shield
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 02 - 03 - 2007


Germany called on
Friday for talks on creating a NATO missile defence shield for
Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with
its system without alliance approval, according to Reuters.
The head of the Pentagon's Missile Defence Agency said on
Thursday Washington wanted to secure the understanding of its 25
NATO members for its plans to build a missile shield in eastern
Europe, but was not seeking their green light.
The United States' European allies are concerned the move
will damage their ties with Moscow, and Germany has led calls
for wider consultations on the project. Ukraine has also
complained Washington had not consulted with it.
Three ex-Soviet states in the Caucasus -- Georgia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia -- said on Friday that Washington had not
yet asked them to host the anti-missile shield.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen Henry Obering said having a radar in
the Caucasus, just south of Russia, would be useful, but not
essential. He did not specify a country.
"We should discuss developing such a defence measure within
a NATO framework," German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung told
reporters on the margins of a meeting of EU defence chiefs in
the German city of Wiesbaden.
Jung said Russian concerns over the shield could be allayed
by talks within NATO's existing NATO-Russia Council, a forum for
discussing defence issues between the former Cold War foes.
"I think that is the right way forward," he said.
The United States wants to set up a radar system in the
Czech Republic and a missile battery in Poland as part of a
shield that would counter missiles fired by what Washington
calls "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.
Jung did not say whether Germany was prepared to participate
in the huge cost of such a shield but his spokesman said Berlin
acknowledged action was needed to address the threat of attack.
"The question of a threat from long-range missiles exists
and this threat must be addressed by concrete measures," defence
ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe said, adding that ultimately any
missile defence system should be brought under a NATO roof.


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