Polish foreign minister hopes US shield project will continue

Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg met with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Prague on Friday. Mr Sikorski told journalists after the meeting that both countries hope the project to expand the US anti-missile defence shield to Central Europe will continue. He said he expected the US president-elect Barack Obama to respect the decision of his predecessor. The United States wants to install a tracking radar on Czech soil and interceptor missiles in Poland as part of a broader missile defence shield in Europe. Czech and US government representatives signed the relevant treaties earlier this year, but they still have to be approved by Parliament.