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WASHINGTON — French President Nicolas Sarkozy is backing down from comments critical of a planned U.S. missile defense system in Europe.
At a summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday, Sarkozy said the missile shield plans are misguided and will not make Europe safer. Those comments had been the strongest to date by an American ally against the missile-defense plans — and undercut the rationale behind President Bush’s European security strategy.
But after Saturday’s global financial summit with other world leaders, Sarkozy said: “Ultimately, it could be a complement against a missile threat coming from elsewhere, for example, Iran.”
