Under the agreement, the Czech Republic would be able to take part in the development of the plans such as programmed instructions to use the system of anti-missile protection in Europe, the Czech Foreign Ministry told."We found out during our negotiations that it is not important who pushes the button, but how is the system programmed," Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, head of the ministry security department, said.The treaty on the construction of the radar is yet to be ratified by the parliament.
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(Ceske Noviny)
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