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The leaders of NATO member countries are highly likely to adopt a political statement at the Chicago summit that the alliance's missile defense shield is not directed against Russia, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow told Interfax.

"I think it’s highly likely there’ll be something on missile defence both on NATO’s internal capability and also on our continuing work with Russia. Probably something like the December foreign ministers’ statement about this is not directed against Russia," he said.

However, no final decision has yet been made on any concrete statement, he said.

"But this is still being developed by the nations of NATO, nothing is yet drafted or decided," Vershbow said.