US defence expert fails to change Social Democrats' position on radar base

In Prague, the head of the US Missile Defence Agency, Henry Obering, has not managed to change the country's second biggest party's position on the stationing of the US radar base on Czech territory. Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek said although Mr Obering answered a number of open questions, his party would continue to insist that such a radar base is part of the NATO defence system and that a referendum is held on whether it should be on Czech territory at all.

Author: Dita Asiedu