U.S. and Poland sign missile deal

WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States and Poland formally signed a deal on Wednesday to station elements of a U.S. missile defence shield in Poland, a move bound to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over Moscow’s intervention in Georgia.

The agreement was signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski at a ceremony also attended by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski.

Russia has called the deal a threat to its security and accused Warsaw and Washington of hastening its signing as a response to its military action in Georgia.

(Writing by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Adam Jasser and Charles Dick)

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