The European Parliament plenary session agenda will focus on the deployment of the US missile defense system in Europe.

(Kazan, March 10, Tatar-inform). The deployment of the US missile defense system in Europe will become a central issue at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. An official of the EU supreme legislative body told Itar-Tass that the deputies will discuss a report on the European defense strategy and policy in the sphere of security, according to which, Russia’s opinion should be taken into account in the creation of the US missile defense system in Europe.

The document was earlier approved by the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The European Union should strengthen strategic independence and conduct ifs foreign policy without heeding the United States, the European Parliament’s official said. The EU policy in the sphere of security and defense should be reasoned and efficient. The European deputies are ready to use all their available powers in order to expand democratic control over these spheres, he noted.

President of the European Jewish Congress Vyacheslav Kantor told Itar-Tass that the “approval by the parliamentarians of Goldstone’s report may negatively affect the Israel-EU relations.” “This will complicate the settlement of important regional problems that currently require close cooperation between Israel, the EU and Russia, especially, the Iranian issue,” he is quoted as saying.

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