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Czech-U.S. Negotiators Reach Agreement on Anti-Missile Radar Link to NATO
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE


PRAGUE — Czech and U.S. negotiators said on Feb. 7 they had reached agreement on how a planned U.S. anti-missile radar in the Czech Republic could form part of a broader NATO missile defense system.
“Today, to all intents, we reached agreement on language in the agreement that discusses how a radar in the Czech Republic would contribute to the greater defense of the NATO alliance,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Rood said.
“I think this is a very good success,” Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar told the same news conference.
Both negotiators refused to give details of their agreement, which could pave the way for the radar’s inclusion in a broader NATO missile defense system.
NATO has repeatedly stressed that the U.S. decision to expand its missile defense shield into central Europe is a bilateral issue between Washington on one hand and Prague and Warsaw on the other.
The issue is likely to be discussed at the NATO alliance’s April summit in Bucharest. “I am convinced that at Bucharest we can go forward,” Pojar said.
He added that on the wider issue of the radar’s operation in the Czech Republic, it was “more a question of weeks than months that this agreement will be reached”.
However, he said the U.S. still had to meet Prague’s demands and agree to some of its proposals.
The proposed Czech radar would be twinned with 10 interceptor missiles in neighboring Poland, which Washington says could counter the threat of an attack from “rogue” states such as Iran.
The framework for the radar’s operation is one of three agreements being hammered out between Prague and Washington — the others concern the rules governing a foreign base and the involvement of Czech firms in the shield development.
Negotiations on the missile shield began after the centre-right Czech government came to power in early 2007. It has refused to allow a referendum on the radar, saying lawmakers should approve the project.

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Nun ist auch Tschechien in Bot nun bleibt zu hoffen das nichts auf
Seiten der USA nach der Wahl noch schief geht denn sonst müsste
die Raketenabwehr in naher Zukunft Realität werden.

War eine Frage der Zeit und gestigenen Kosten. Jetzt kommt die nächste Frage:

Wo will USA die nächste Abwehrbasis bauen und wie lange der Kongress/nächste US-regierung sich solche gewaltigen Kosten leisten wird.