NATO will examine the consequences of refusal from the U.S. to deploy elements of its strategic missile defense system in Central Europe, said on Thursday the representative of the alliance, James Appathurai.

“NATO will reconsider its entire analysis of the situation with missile defense,” – he said after a meeting of the NATO Council, on Thursday evening, the Americans informed representatives of the other 27 countries – members of the alliance about change of Washington’s position.

Alliance does not start from scratch “, – said Dzh.Appaturay. According to him, “parallel with the American plans toward NATO, was its own work on this topic. But we must take into account these new circumstances.”

Project location of the third position area of strategic missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic formally has no relation to NATO. Washington negotiated with each of these countries on a bilateral basis and only informed the other Allies. However, NATO is on this basis, based its long-term plans, including in matters of European tactical missile defense with Russia and a joint theater missile defense.

The American delegation arrived in Brussels to brief NATO Council’s decision in Washington not to deploy 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic.

As noted Dzh.Appaturay, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the U.S. intention to connect all the countries of the alliance for a future debate about missile defense in Europe.