Russias missile plan not shelved

Russias top general said on Monday that plans to deploy missiles in an enclave next to Poland had not been shelved...

Russias top general said on Monday that plans to deploy missiles in an enclave next to Poland had not been shelved,despite a decision by the United States to rethink plans for missile defence in Europe.

A former Russian diplomatic negotiator indicated he thought the deployments in Kaliningrad,bordering Poland,unlikely to go ahead.

US President Barack Obamas decision to scrap a land-based missile defence system has been welcomed by Russia,which had threatened to deploy short-range Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad if the US refused to drop the plans.

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The Kremlin always said Russia would only deploy the missiles as a counter-measure if Washington went ahead with its missile shield.

On Saturday Russian Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Popovkin said in an interview that naturally we will scrap the measures that Russia planned to take in response to the shield and specifically named Iskander deployment as one of them.

When asked about the matter,chief of Russias general staff,Nikolai Makarov,said: There has been no such decision. It should be a political decision. It should be made by the President.

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