Romania prepared to host US anti-ballistic interceptors

Romania has announced it is ready to host anti-ballistic interceptors as part of a US missile shield in Eastern Europe. The move has already been approved by the country’s supreme defense council.

The new strategy proposed by Obama will be much more “formidable, comprehensive and powerful than that suggested by President Bush in 2007,” says independent political analyst Vladimir Kozin.

Meanwhile, there has been no confirmation from the White House of the announcement by the Romanian president.

If the US chooses to accept the Romanian proposal it could jeopardize US-Russian relations and the START treaty negotiations, says Giulietto Chiesa, Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament.

“President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin have already said many times that this will seriously influence the balance of forces in Europe, which means that it will produce a very bad effect on US-Russian relations,” Chiesa said.