No date set for Czech-US radar deal

The Czech Foreign Ministry has refuted claims that a date had been set for the signing of a Czech-US agreement on the installation of a US tracking radar on Czech soil. The daily Hospodářské Noviny wrote in its Tuesday edition that the agreement would most likely be signed on May 5th, at a time when Prague will be hosting a conference on missile defense at which US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was allegedly expected to make an appearance. Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar said in response to the article that no official date had been set for the signing of the Czech-US agreement and that while the US secretary of state had been invited to the mentioned conference she had not as yet confirmed attendance.