WARSAW, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A new round of talks on the possible placing of elements of a U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland was held here on Thursday, according to Polish news agency PAP

　　Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski declined to give any details of the talks.

　　The U.S. side has been represented in the talks by U.S. State Department senior negotiator John Rood.

　　Defense Minister Bogdan Klich in Cracow on Thursday declined to speculate on whether the negotiations will be finalized before the end of U.S. President George W. Bush's term in office.

　　He stressed that his talks with U.S. Democratic Party politicians allow to assume that if that party wins the presidential elections the shield project will be continued and added that this was one of the reasons why the Polish side does not see the need for any rush.

　　The United States is planning to deploy 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic as part of its European missile shield. Russia has objected the plan, saying it will threat Russian national security.