U.S. Mulls Lithuania as Option on Missile Shield

20th June 2008

Poland’s chances of hosting the United States’ ballistic missile shield faded further this week with signs Washington may be looking to Lithuania as a possible alternative after months of stalemates in talks with Poland on the project.

Poland’s chances of hosting the United States’ ballistic missile shield faded further this week with signs Washington may be looking to Lithuania as a possible alternative after months of stalemates in talks with Poland on the project.
“Lithuania has invited the United States to build an anti-missile shield on its territory,” Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, Poland’s chief negotiator in the deal, told the Gazeta Wyborcza daily ...