Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer called on Europe to play a ``moderating role'' in defusing tensions triggered by Russia's opposition to a proposed U.S. anti-missile shield. U.S. moves to set up an anti-ballistic missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic, two former Soviet satellites, have been denounced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in rhetoric reminiscent of the Cold War.
``The tone is problematic -- we are seeing a sharpening of the tone,'' Gusenbauer said in an interview in Vienna yesterday. ``If that is the forerunner of the new arms race, it would be very bad.''
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