Poland hails opening of US missile base as sign of its security


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  • Wednesday, 13 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks with journalists before the Ministerial Conference of the Moldova Partnership Platform in Chisinau, Moldova September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza/File Photo

REDZIKOWO, Poland (Reuters) - The United States opened a new air defence base in northern Poland on Wednesday, an event the European nation's president said showed the country was secure as a member of NATO even as Russia wages war in neighbouring Ukraine.

Situated in the town of Redzikowo near the Baltic coast, the base has been in the works since the 2000s.

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