CZECHIA, U.S. SIGN AGREEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.07.2008 18:49 GMT+04:00

The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday
allowing Washington to build part of a missile defense shield in the
central European NATO state.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel
Schwarzenberg signed the deal to build a radar station southwest
of Prague.

The agreement is awaiting ratification by the Czech parliament,
ITAR-TASS reported