Reuters: Germany wants talks on NATO missile shield

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Germany wants talks on NATO missile shield

Mar 2, 2007 — WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany stepped up calls on
Friday for NATO talks on creating a missile defense shield for Europe, a day
after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance
approval.

The head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday Washington
was not seeking a green light from NATO's other 25 members for a missile shield
in eastern Europe, and voiced interest in basing radar sites in the Caucasus.

The United States' European allies are concerned the plan will damage their ties
with Moscow, and Germany has led calls for wider consultations on the project.

"We should discuss developing such a measure within a NATO framework," German
Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung told reporters on the margins of a meeting of EU
defense chiefs in the German city of Wiesbaden.

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