Poland to get a base for US missile shield

According to 'Rzeczpospolita', the USA has decided on Poland as the location for a base for its planned missile defence. In return for the controversial missile base, Washington could support the construction of a natural gas and oil pipeline from central Asia to Poland and supply the Warsaw government with Patriot missiles. Bronislaw Komorowski, a member of parliament for the opposition right-wing liberal Civic Platform (PO), told the newspaper he supports the government's bargaining strategy. "Poland should continue developing its own missile defence system. The negotiations for an American base are a good opportunity to achieve the foundations for that. This is an absolute priority for the Polish government. If the American base is set up in Poland, somebody has to guarantee its security - if not American Patriot missiles then Polish F-16 interceptor jets. This is a test of the effectiveness of Polish foreign policy: we shall see whether it can succeed in gaining the defence system."

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