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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to arrive in Prague to sign the treaty on the radar base on July 8. The cooperation agreement is to provide new opportunities, including top technology projects, to Czech researchers and companies. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said earlier this year that he considers this agreement far more important than technical issues related to the radar. The United States has such an agreement only with a few countries such as Australia, Britain and Japan. The planned radar base is to be stationed in the Brdy military district some 90 km southwest of Prague. Ten interceptor missiles, the other part of the U.S. missile defence base in Europe, are to be located in Poland. The Rice wraps up China visit with trip to earthquake zone ...
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Rice prices 'to keep on rising' ... Central European elements are to protect the United States and a large part of the European continent against missiles that states like Iran or North Korea might launch. The Czech government has completed its talks with the United States on the main radar treaty, while the negotiations on the complementary SOFA treaty, dealing with U.S. soldiers' status on Czech territory still continue. So far it is not clear whether Rice will sign both treaties in the Czech Republic or only the main one next week.
(Ceske Noviny)
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