Polish Pres on US plans to put missiles in Poland

(24 Mar 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Pan from media to European Union ministers posing for photo op 2. Various shots of ministers posing 3. Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi greeting fellow ministers 4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish prime minister: "In two days the national Polish security board will convene and it will make a decision on this issue, but I won't deny that I feel these are bilateral issues between Poland the United States." 5. Kaczynski leaving STORYLINE Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Saturday that the Polish national security board is to convene in order to make a decision on a US request to place a missile defence shield in Poland. "In two days the national Polish security board will convene and it will make a decision on this issue, but I won't deny that I feel these are bilateral issues between Poland the United States," Kaczynski said after meeting with European Union leaders in Berlin. Many Poles fear hosting a base would threaten their country's security, rather than protect it, as the US government promises. Washington is pressing for missile defence bases in Poland and the neighbouring Czech Republic, a system it says would protect most of Europe from Iranian airstrikes in the future. Moscow, however, is furious about the plan and has warned it could lead to a new arms race, even though the US stresses the system is not aimed against Russia. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...