Bush will be accompanied by John Negroponte, Rice's deputy and the number two person at the U.S.
State Department. Stephen Hadley, Bush's assistant for national security affairs is also to be part of the U.S. delegation in Prague, the embassy said. It also said that, on the other hand, Henry Obering, head of the Missile Defense Agency, will not arrive in Prague. Bush will arrive in Prague in late evening hours on Monday, June 4. On Tuesday, he will meet Czech President Vaclav Klaus at Prague Castle as well as Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) and senior opposition Social Democrat (CSSD) chairman Jiri Paroubek. Bush will mainly discuss the planned stationing of elements of the U.S. missile defence shield in the Czech Republic and Poland. The USA would like to construct a radar base in the Brdy training area southwest of Prague. Bush will drop in the Czech Republic during his journey to the G8 summit to be held in Germany on June 6-8.
(Ceske Noviny)
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