Poland playing "dangerous game" with Russia

Poland's decision to sign the US missile defense deal has sparked repeated warnings that Russian ballistic rockets could be aimed at US defense sites in Europe, if the system is build. The same warning was repeated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a day before he is scheduled to visit Warsaw stating that Poland is playing a "dangerous game."

"Poland appears not to have understood that it has become a party to a very dangerous game," said Lavrov in an interview with Polska daily. "The balance between the military potential of Moscow and Washington has been upset by the United States."

On Thursday, Lavrov is expected to meet with Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. It is the first visit by a senior Moscow official to an EU nation since the conflict in Georgia began on August 8.

Warsaw and Washington singed a deal in August to base 10 interceptor missiles in Poland, a move Levrov calls revenge and a political mistake. Meanwhile, PM Tusk declared that the visit with the Russian diplomat might be a move in the right direction at a time when partnership with Russia has been strained. (AO)

Source: Reuters, AFP