Only details are being negotiated now so the treaty should be ready in September, she added. The Czech Republic and the United States signed in July the main treaty on the radar base that is to be built at the Brdy military district, some 90km southwest of Prague, as part of the U.S.
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German boss lauds Podolski double ... SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) that defines the legal status of U.S. soldiers on Czech territory is still to be concluded. Both counties have not yet found consensus about tax issues. The radar treaties must be ratified by Czech parliament. He centre-right coalition government of the Civic Democrats (ODS), the KDU-CSL and the Greens (SZ) should submit both radar treaties to the Chamber of Deputies at its October session and the ratification process might by completed by the end of the year. However, support for the treaties in the lower house is not sure. The junior ruling Greens are disunited about the project. The leftist opposition and a majority of Czechs are opposed to the radar.
(Ceske Noviny)
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