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November 28, 2015

Poland wants NATO-Russia deal scrapped: minister
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 25, 2015
Poland wants a 1997 deal on NATO-Russia ties to be scrapped to let the alliance install permanent military bases in Polish soil, something that Moscow insists the agreement rules out. Poland's new right-wing Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski insisted in an interview published Wednesday that the deal must go because it causes "inequality" between new and older NATO members. The 1997 document stipulates that older NATO members "have no intention, no plan and no reason to deploy nuclear weapons ... read more

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