Fedotov said in Questions of Vaclav Moravec that the steps Russia take will be specified by a representative of the Foreign Ministry at a conference on anti-missile defence in Prague on July 8-11. The United States has as yet failed to reduce Russia's fears of the consequences of the project to its and the whole international community's security. Fedotov himself refrained from making any specific comment on the issue. The United States wants to build the radar base at the Brdy military district, some 90km southwest of Prague, and a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland within its missile shield. The Central European elements are Most Czechs indifferent to Czech EU presidency - poll ...
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Projects ... to protect the United States and a large part of the European continent against missiles that states like Iran might launch. The Czech opposition and 68 percent of Czechs according to the latest The United States wants to build the radar base at the Brdy military district, some 90km southwest of Prague, and a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland within its missile shield. The Central European elements are to protect the United States and a large part of the European continent against missiles that states like Iran might launch. The Czech opposition and 68 percent of the Czech public are still opposed to the radar base, according to the latest CVVM opinion poll in May, an increase of 5 percent on April. U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to sign the main treaty in Prague next Tuesday. Washington previously offered Moscow the possibility of checks at the bases in the Czech Republic and Poland and framework cooperation in anti-missile defence in an effort to weaken Russian objections to the shield. Fedotov said today, however, that Moscow is interested in permanent presence of Russian inspectors at the bases, but that it can see no progress in this respect. Neither the Czech Republic nor Poland have, however, agreed with this. Fedotov said the United States should discuss the issue with the Czechs and later also with Poles, and that Russians have discussed the matter with neither country. He said security issues should be discussed and decided in cooperation with the international community. "All face global threats and challenges, therefore we should bear in mind that security is inseparable," he said. Fedotov said the construction of elements of the anti-missile shield in central Europe could create a sort of dividing line between NATO members and the other states. Fedotov dismissed the U.S. claim that the shield would serve as a protection against attacks by Iran or North Korea. "Real threats, and we know this also from the assessments of the U.S. secret services, do not exit. We could discuss hypothetic threats pretty long," he said. Reacting to the U.S. proposal to Russia to cooperate on a joint project in which they would jointly evaluate threats and work out a system of reaction, Fedotov said it would have to be a project of international cooperation. He said any other country would have to be able to join because in the opposite case, real security could not be ensured.
(Ceske Noviny)
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