The U.S.-Czech treaty on the planned missile defense radar base will open a new chapter in NATO's efforts to face the threats in the 21st century, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in Prague on Monday.
The alliance is now looking into the possibilities of interconnecting the U.S. system with NATO's and with national systems, said Scheffer who took part in an international conference on the missile defense shield in Central Europe.
A new security environment has started taking shape. It will be influenced by the danger of ballistic missile proliferation, climate change consequences, migration and the rise in food prices, the Czech news agency CTK quoted Scheffer as saying.
He said that the democratic countries cannot wait until the threats come true in the uncertain world of tomorrow.
Czech Education Minister Ondrej Liska, deputy chairman of the junior ruling Greens (SZ), who spoke to Scheffer on Monday said that though NATO takes a relatively accommodating stance on missile defense, a political decision on integration of the anti-missile system of NATO and U.S. will be made only in the future.
The alliance must also decide who will command the joint missile defense system, Scheffer said during the conference, held by Czech Foreign Ministry.
Source:Xinhua
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