NATO Shelves Plan to Meet With Ukraine

Talks about missile system in neighboring Romania seen as potentially provocative to Russia

The Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System in Romania is at the heart of talks NATO had considered having with Ukraine.

Photo: robert ghement/European Pressphoto Agency
By Julian E. Barnes in Brussels and Nathan Hodge in Moscow

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has shelved a plan to meet with Ukrainian officials about the alliance’s missile-defense system, Western officials said, a new sign the alliance is trying to avoid provoking Russia.

NATO had considered meeting with Ukraine to discuss the possibility that debris or an errant interceptor could fall on their territory if the alliance’s missile-defense system were used.

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