Poland and the US appear to be closer to a deal that would allow American missile defence interceptors to be hosted on Polish territory.
Rice held a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski in Washington
The long-stalled plan moved forward after Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, said yesterday that Washington would support modernising Poland's air defences, a key Polish demand for hosting part of a US missile defence system.
The US wants to plant 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and install radar in the Czech Republic as part of a $3.5 billion (£1.7 billion) plan to defend Europe and the US from possible attacks from "rogue states".
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