The U.S. is to deliver the first funds to the Czech Republic for the construction of its controversial radar base at the end of this month according to reports in Czech media, The radar is to be linked to a missile base planned to be built in Poland. However, the majority of the Czech population remains opposed to the U.S. plan. The country’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Tomas Pojar, will visit the United States shortly to discuss security co-operation.
On the 40-year anniversary of the Prague Spring, when communist Warsaw Pact troops rolled their tanks into the Czech Republic to violently suppress the country’s liberalisation, the Czech people are very conscious of the parallels.
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