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Czechs/Poles work together on radar base negotiations

New announcement expected to slow things down

December 5th, 2007 issue

(Updated Dec. 11, 2007) Czechs want to coordinate with their Polish counterparts on negotiations to build an anti-missle radar base on Czech soil, Hospodářské Noviny reports.

That's expected to slow down negotiations, since the new Polish government has asked for a 'time-out' while it decides what it wants in exchange for allowing missile bases on its territory.

The new announcement was made following a meeting between Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in Ostrava Monday.

"Premier Topolánek spoke with Donald Tusk privately about the missile defense system. They agreed that both governments should coordinate their steps on this issue," Topolánek's spokeswoman Jana Bartošová told told the economic newspaper.

Both men are planning another "radar meeting" in January, she said.

Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told Slovak daily Sme that he expects negotiations to finish in February.

Czechs officials have also said they're displeased that Americans didn't share key information with them, specifically regarding a secret report that Iran stopped trying to develop nuclear weapons in 2003. The Iranian nuclear program was one of the main reasons cited for the building of a missile-shield in Europe.

"We expect the Americans to keep us better informed of their intentions than they have been doing up to now," said Czech Vice Premier for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra.


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