The Czech Republic is to invest around 1.2 billion crowns (about 61.8 million U.S. dollars) in the infrastructure in Brdy region of the country where a U.S. radar base is being planned, the Czech news agency CTK reported on Thursday.
The Finance Ministry has allotted 200 million crowns (about 10.3 million U.S. dollars) to 250 million crowns (about 12.9 million U.S. dollars to the purpose and the rest may be financed by European funds and subsidies of individual ministries, Chairman of the Government Commission for the Development of Brdy and Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Fuksa said.
The commission widened the list of the towns and villages that are to be covered by the projects. In all, there are over 20 of them, which are situated within a 10-kilometer radius around the planned radar site.
The commission members have to draft the list of the projects and submit it to the government by the end of October, according to CTK.
The project involves the development of infrastructure and transport accessibility of the neglected Brdy region around the military training grounds, which is also called the "internal borderland."
The government said earlier that the money would be invested in the region irrespective of whether the U.S. radar installations would be stationed in the region.
The United States wants to deploy ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic as part of its missile defense shield. But Russia strongly opposes the plan, saying it poses a threat to the security of the country.
The Czech Republic and Poland are in talks with the United States on the missile defense plans.
A new round of talks on building a radar base in the Czech Republic will be in late October and early November. The negotiations are expected to be concluded early next year.
Source: Xinhua
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