Czech Republic may host US missile system
by Monika Scislowska

The Associated Press    Translate This Article
19 February 2007

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland and Czech Republic are in favor of hosting a proposed U.S. missile defense system, the Czech premier said Monday after meeting with his Polish counterpart.

The United States said last month that it wanted to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe to guard the eastern United States and Europe from missiles launched from ``rogue nations'' in the Middle East. It would be the first such site in Europe.

``We agreed that both countries will probably give a positive response to the U.S. letter, and only then will we open negotiations,'' Mirek Topolanek said after talks with Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

``I think it is in our joint interest to negotiate this initiative and to build in our area the missile defense,'' he said.

Kaczynski said last week he supported the U.S. proposal to build missile interceptors in Poland and an accompanying radar site in the Czech Republic.

The U.S. plans have drawn the ire of Russia, which says such a missile defense could disturb the balance of power in the region and fuel a new arms race.

On Monday, Kaczynski brushed aside the Kremlin's fears, saying ``the missile defense is not directed against any normal state.''

``Any statement suggesting that the missile defense would change the alignment of forces in Europe is a misunderstanding,'' he said. ``This truth is being conveyed to our partners in the west and the east.''

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