US Congresswomen: proposed US radar and missile bases should be part of NATO

US Democrat Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher said on Friday that a proposed US missile defence system involving radar and missile bases in the Czech Republic and Poland must be fully incorporated into NATO and it must protect both Europe and the United States.

Ms Tauscher made her comments in Prague after heading a three-member Congressional delegation, which had talks with Czech politicians on the US plan to station a radar base in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland. Congressmen Jim Cooper (Democrats) and Michael Turner (Republicans) were the other two members of the delegation. Apart from Prague, the American politicians also visited Warsaw and Brussels.

Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar said he welcomed the fact that the US Congress preferred the missile defence shield to be connected with NATO. The American delegation said that the Democrats and the Republicans clearly agreed on the need for the anti-missile system.

Author: Coilin O'Connor