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Russia warns Poland



MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday warned Poland against hosting a US or Nato missile-defence site on its territory, saying that it would undermine security and stability and warning of unspecified measures in response, the Interfax news agency reported. US plans to establish a missile defence system in eastern Europe have upset Russia, which says the move would upset the strategic balance between Moscow and Washington. The US has been considering Poland or the Czech Republic, both former Soviet satellites that now belong to Nato. Establishing elements of a US or Nato missile defence system in Poland “could have a negative effect on strategic stability, regional security and relations between (Russia and Poland), Interfax quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin as saying. He said Moscow would have to take measures to relieve a potential threat and could not rely solely on assurances that such systems would not be directed against Russia, Interfax reported.