Rice expected to sign Czech radar deal at start of July: report

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

PRAGUE (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to sign an agreement with the Czech government to place a US anti-missile in the country in early July, CTK newsagency reported Wednesday.

Rice was originally expected to fly into Prague at the start of May to sign the agreements but a postponement was announced a week before.

"As soon as a date is agreed between the two sides, it will be announced," Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told Czech reporters in Washington, cited by CTK. He refused to give more details, beyond saying it would be early July.

No final date for the visit has yet been finalised, Czech foreign ministry deputy spokesman Jiri Benes told AFP in Prague.

Rice should sign an already agreed diplomatic deal...

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