U.S. scraps missile defense plan for Czech Republic - report
20:40, 15 June 2011
WARSAW. June 15. KAZINFORM The United States has abandoned plans to deploy a missile early warning center as part of a European missile defense system in the Czech Republic, Defense Minister Alexandr Vondra was quoted by CTK news agency as saying on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
"The Czech Republic will look for other options to participate in the project," Vondra said after a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Linn.
Russia is opposed to the U.S. plans to deploy missile defense systems near its borders, claiming they would be a security threat.
The U.S. is reluctant to provide legally binding guarantees that the system will not be directed against Russia.