Klaus conditionally backs US radar base in Czech Rep

In an interview for the financial newspaper Hospodarske Noviny on Friday, President Vaclav Klaus conditionally backed the idea of a US radar base in the Czech Republic. In the interview he suggests any agreement will require fine-tuning on "thousands of details". Mr Klaus has also made clear the issue should be discussed within the broader context of the Czech Republic's ties to NATO and the European Union, not just Czech-US relations. The US is hoping to build its radar site in the Czech Republic as part of a broader missile defence system capable of preventing potential missile attacks on Europe.