Radar could be postponed due to financial crisis

The US might temporarily postpone its missile defense project in central Europe due to the global financial crisis, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told journalists in Brussels on Sunday. Mr. Schwarzenberg, who is in Brussels for Monday’s meeting on EU foreign ministers, said the Czech Republic had no problem with this. “We have fulfilled our duty as allies,” the Czech foreign minister said. In an interview for the Austrian press agency APA Mr. Schwarzenberg sharply rebuked Russia for meddling in the affairs of countries that used to be part of the Warsaw Pact, saying this was something Prague was not prepared to accept.

Author: Ruth Fraňková