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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would be able to arrive in the Czech Republic to sign the treaties, along with Czech representatives, the server writes. Asked whether the treaties would be signed in the first decade of June as Czech PM Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) mentioned, Rood said there is no exact date. Rood, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, also said that other officials may be assigned to sign the treaties with regard to the busy working programme of both minsters, Rice and Czech Foreign Tornadoes tear through Virginia ...
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Czech-U.S. memorandum complicates EU position - Slovenian IntMin ... Minister Karel Schwarzenberg. In the interview for Pravo, Rood rejected the speculations that the postponement of Rice's visit was caused by other, but time reasons. Rice was originally to arrive in Prague to sign the main radar treaty in early May, but she could only stay in the Czech Republic for half a day. Therefore, the countries have agreed to sign both documents together. The United States plans to build a radar base in the Brdy military district, some 90 km southwest of Prague, along with a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland as elements of the U.S. missile defence shield. Apart from the main radar treaty, the Czech Republic and the United States must yet complete the negotiations on the SOFA treaty on the conditions of American soldiers' stay at the planned base on Czech soil.
(Ceske Noviny)
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