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Warsaw - The reported deployment of nuclear weapons by Russia in its Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad will not threaten NATO…

Warsaw - The reported deployment of nuclear weapons by Russia in its Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad will not threaten NATO's enlargement into the Baltic states, regional defence ministers said yesterday.

The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian defence ministers, who were meeting their Polish counterparts in Crakow, said they still hope to join the organisation despite reports in the Washington Times that Russia has already moved the tactical nuclear missiles.

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