POLAND WON’T PLEDGE NO TO NATO NUKES.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 86

Polish foreign minister Dariusz Rosati said in Copenhagen yesterday that while Warsaw sees no reason at present to station nuclear warheads on its territory, Poland would not bind itself with any pledges to refuse their deployment. (Itar-Tass, May 1) During an April 29 visit to Prague, NATO secretary-general Javier Solana had intimated to East European governments that NATO membership carries obligations that include the principle of deploying nuclear weapons. (Reuter, May 1) Moscow has in recent weeks suggested that the creation of a nuclear weapons-free zone in Eastern Europe might soften its opposition to NATO enlargement.

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