The United States would station its missile defense radar system in some other country if the Czech Republic did not want it on its soil, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency Henry A. Obering said on Monday.

The United States would deploy its radar base in other country if the Czech side oppose it, though Czech would be an ideal location for the system, Obering said after a visit to Czech parliament.

However, Obering did not give any further information about other possible locations of the radar base.

He only said other locations were not as ideal for U.S. missile defense as the Brdy military grounds southwest of Prague, where the United States officially asked the Czech side to construct the base.

The United States would like to end the talks with the Czech government by the end of the year, Obering said.

Washington supported the idea that the U.S. missile defense is complementary to a similar NATO system, he added.

Washington in January proposed installing parts of its anti- missile shield in central Europe, including some interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic.

The Czech government officially agreed last month to start negotiations with the United States over the location of the radar base. The negotiations are expected to start in mid-May and go on until the end of the year.

Washington said the missile defense system is not targeted at Russia, but the sensitive plans nevertheless have drawn sharp criticism from Moscow.

Source: Xinhua