Gazeta Wyborcza writes that the Czech government considers the treaty on the radar base a momentous event, while most of the Czech public is quite sceptical. Prague is worried about the negotiations led by Warsaw, it adds.
"There is the impression that the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk is betting Poland reportedly agrees with USA on missile base treaty ...
Poland might complete talks on U.S. base in autumn - official ... on the EU, showing no interest in the treaty with the Americans," Gazeta Wyborcza quotes an unnamed senior Czech diplomat as having said. Dziennik writes that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that the radar in the Czech Republic will be useful even without the missiles in Poland. Nevertheless, the chances of an agreement between Washington and Warsaw are growing, it adds. The USA has signed the treaty with the Czech Republic and Republican candidate for president John McCain has assured Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski that he will support Polish demands, Dziennik writes. Polish dailies stress that most Poles support the tough position of Tusk's government that demands a system against a missile attack in exchange for the stationing of a part of the anti-missile shield on Polish soil.
(Ceske Noviny)
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