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New Czech PM supports possible US missile defence base

Prague, Sept 03: The Czech Republic's new Prime Minister on Sunday said he supported a possible US missile defence base on Czech territory.

"The whole thing is a problem of collective security, and it does not go against the interests of NATO and the European Union," Mirek Topolanek said in an interview with the private prima television. "I'm unequivocally in favor of it," he said.

US defence experts finished surveying possible locations for a missile defense base in the Czech Republic in July. The United States is seeking to expand the system into Europe. A similar survey mission has taken place in neighbouring Poland and a decision by US authorities on where to place the base is expected later this year.

The base would be the first American strategic missile defense site outside US territory and would be designed to defend Europe against intercontinental-range missiles.

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