Rood said the talks with Russian officials were taking place in Hungary because the location was convenient. NATO member Hungary has good ties with both the United States and Russia.The largest eastern European NATO member, Poland, was initially eager to host the shield, but Rood said Poland now needed more time to think after the October election victory of the liberal Donald Tusk, who wants to mend ties with Moscow.Tusk's government has previously said it wanted to consult Russia over its hosting of the shield, a reversal from the previous administration's stance to discuss it only with Washington."It's a common occurrence that once a new government is elected, they take a little bit of time to take stock of the situation and organize themselves for something as consequential as a negotiation like this," Rood said.Rood will hold talks with the Czech government on Friday and he said negotiations would also resume soon with the government of Tusk, who replaced the conservative Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who had had a number of damaging rows with Moscow.Rood did not say the two sides had reached any agreement on Thursday and the Russian delegation did not speak at the news conference.
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