Rice to visit Prague in July

The American Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is set to visit Prague in early July to sign a Czech-American agreement on siting a US tracking radar on Czech soil, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg announced on Wednesday. Mrs Rice was originally scheduled to arrive in Prague in May but her visit was postponed. Even after the deal is signed, the treaty will still need to be approved by the Czech Parliament and signed by President Václav Klaus. Mr Schwarzenberg has been elected to sign the treaty on behalf of the Czech Republic