Date of signing radar agreement uncertain

Prague and Washington have concluded talks on the main agreement under which the Czech Republic would host a US radar base and the two sides are now finalizing the details of the so-called SOFA agreement stipulating the conditions under which around 250 US soldiers would operate in the country. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Rood confirmed on Monday that the date on which the two agreements would be signed had not yet been determined. There is speculation that the signing ceremony will take place sometime in early June. In any case both agreements will still have to be approved by the Czech Parliament.