The Czech Republic will have sovereignty over the radar base area and it will exercise an ownership right to the radar station, the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
The Czech Republic will provide the defined territory to the Americans for free, the Czech news agency CTK quoted the ministry as saying.
The buildings and immovable objects the Americans build will become property of the Czech Republic.
The Americans, on the other hand, will exercise ownership rights to movable objects, including the radar alone.
The treaty provides for a maximum of 250 U.S. soldiers staying at the base during the supposed regular rotations. Otherwise, during a regular operation, the base will be manned by about 100 U.S soldiers and a couple of tens of U.S. civilians.
The treaty which is subject of approval by Czech parliament also deals with visits by state officials to the base, including foreign diplomats residing in the Czech Republic.
If a person from a third country asks the United States for approval of their visit to the base, such visit must first be approved by the Czech Republic.
Visits by Czechs will be approved by the United States while Americans' visits will have to be approved by Czechs.
The Czech Republic and the United States do not reckon with observers from Russia or any other country permanently staying at the planned U.S. radar base on Czech soil, Czech Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak said on Sunday.
The United States plans to build a radar base at the Brdy military district, some 90 km southwest of Czech capital Prague, along with an interceptor missile base in Poland, but Warsaw has yet to agree to the move.
Russia is strongly opposed to the deployment of the system, saying the plan poses threat to its strategic interests. Some 70 percent of Czech citizens also oppose the project.
Source:Xinhua
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