Barack Obama wraps up European tour in Poland

[Gerald]

US President Barack Obama has wrapped up his six-day European tour in Warsaw, meeting Polish political leaders.

Talks focused on defence and energy issues but Mr Obama was also expected to seek to reassure Poles unhappy at his shelving of his predecessor's missile defence shield.

On Friday Mr Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and visited the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial.

He also attended a dinner with 20 central and eastern European leaders.
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The BBC's Stephen Evans in Warsaw says Polish leaders were hoping Mr Obama would rectify what many saw as a slight, when he cancelled President George W Bush's missile shield plan.

Our correspondent says Polish leaders were disappointed when President Obama decided not to go ahead with the shield on Polish soil, reading it as deference to Russia and as a sign of a lack of commitment to Poland.

Mr Obama held meetings with President Bronislaw Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday.

The US has announced at least one new initiative on security.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13582922


Note: 28 May 2011 Last updated at 12:49 GMT