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Prague and Washington are due to sign a treaty on the deployment of a missile defence radar on Czech soil on Tuesday, despite continued opposition from Russia. The Russian ambassador to Prague Alexei Fedotov told Czech TV on Sunday that his country would only be satisfied by a permanent presence of Russian inspectors at the base, an idea that the Czech government has repeatedly rejected. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will arrive in Prague to sign one of the most significant – and one of the most controversial – treaties in modern Czech history. The Czech – American agreement on siting a U.S. tracking radar base in the Czech Republic will allow, for the first time since the fall of communism, for the presence of foreign troops on Czech soil. While opponents of the planned base in the Czech Republic are... [read full story]
