The United States and Poland have agreed terms for stationing US troops in Poland so that the deployment of US Patriot missiles can start next year, an official said Thursday.til Russia squaks and Baracky backs down
"Talks on an agreement allowing the military presence of the United States in our country have been concluded successfully," Polish defence ministry spokesman Robert Rochowicz told AFP.
He refused, however, to confirm Polish media reports that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) deal would be formally inked in Warsaw on December 10 by Ellen Tauscher, US under secretary for arms control and international security affairs, and Poland's deputy minister Stanislaw Komorowski.
The SOFA deal was a pre-requisite to setting up a US ground-to-air missile base in Poland. US officials say deployment should start in 2010.
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