United States, Poland hold missile shield talks

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WARSAW (AFP) — A senior US official Tuesday held talks with Polish authorities on Washington's contentious plan to construct part of an anti-missile defence system in central Europe, Poland's defence ministry said.

US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried met with Polish Defence Minister Aleksander Szczyglo in Warsaw, ministry spokesman Jaroslaw Rybak said.

"It was a working meeting. The discussion covered the missions in Afghanistan and Iraq and aspects of the deployment of parts of the anti-missile shield in Europe," Rybak told AFP, without elaborating.

"The meeting was held at the request of the American side," he said.

The United States wants to base 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and install a powerful radar in the Czech Republic --...