Minister Vondra: special meeting on US anti-missile base unnecessary

Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra has said that the possibility of a US anti-missile base being built in the Czech Republic need not be discussed at a special meeting of the lower house of parliament. The minister was reacting to a request by Communist MPs to hold the meeting next Friday to decide on a new law on a referendum they propose to hold on the issue. Mr Vondra says members of the Bush administration told him during a recent visit to New York that a decision on what country will host the US base will not be made before the end of this year.