Biden, allies hold 'emergency' talks after missile strikes Poland: White House

US President Joe Biden and leaders of key allies held "emergency" talks on Wednesday after a missile hit Polish territory near the border with Ukraine, the White House said.

Leaders of the European Union and all G7 countries — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — were among those at the hastily-arranged meeting in Bali, where they had already been taking part in a G20 summit of major economies.

The White House website called the session an "emergency roundtable". It took place behind closed doors, after journalists were asked to leave.

To a question shouted by a reporter on whether he could provide an update on the missile, which killed two people in a Polish village, Biden simply answered: "No".

The explosion in Poland, a Nato member, immediately sparked concerns that the alliance might be drawn into Russia's nearly nine-month conflict with Western-backed Ukraine.

The White House has been cautious in its initial response and has not attributed blame for the missile.

Polish President Andrzej Duda also sought to calm tensions, saying there was no "unequivocal evidence" for where the missile came from, and that he saw it as an "isolated" incident.

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