Romania agrees to host USA missile shield

Romania agrees the installation of a US defence missile shield on its teritory.
The president Traian Basescu announced Thursday that the country's supreme defence council (CSAT) approved the United States plan to install on Romanian soil interceptive components as part of a new defence shield. The plan still has to go through parliament vote. "The defence system is not pointed at Russia; it is not hosted on Romania's teritory any defence shield aimed at Russia, but against other threats" - Basescu said. Furthermore the United States assured that its missile shield is assigned to protect NATO members against attack from dangerous states like Iran and not Russia.