Czechs call Russian plans to deploy missiles ‘unfortunate’

The Czech Foreign Ministry has reacted to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s plan to deploy missiles in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad by calling the move ‘unfortunate’. On Wednesday, the Russian president said that he would deploy missiles on the territory bordering Poland in reaction to US plans to build an anti-missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Czech foreign ministry spokesperson Zuzana Opletalová said the step would not contribute to the dialogue that the Czech Republic wanted to lead with Moscow. Russia says that US plans for a missile defence shield threaten its security, dismissing America’s insistence that the shield is directed against ‘rogue states’ such as Iran.

Author: Rosie Johnston