Minister of Defense Vlasta Parkanova of Czech Republic

But Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova said she believed the missile defence system would make a significant contribution to regional security.

Czech Defense Minister Vlasta Parkanova said that her country would withdraw 80 of its 100 troops from Iraq in the second half of next year while increasing its force in Afghanistan.

Vlasta Parkanova said that Czech Republic would withdraw 80 of its 100 troops from Iraq (zpravy.

Prague, March 29 (Xinhua) The Czech Republic will agree to a US request to send an elite military unit to Afghanistan, Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova has said.

The 100-member-strong unit will be additional to the 415 troops approved by the parliament last autumn to be deployed in Afghanistan, Parkanova said Friday.

request to send an elite military unit to Afghanistan, Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova said on Friday.

Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova is to assume his vice-premier's post, while Cyril Svoboda, who heads government's legislative body, is to replace him at the helm of the Regional Development Ministry.

Prague, 11 December: The Czech government has decided to abrogate its contract with the Austrian company Steyr on the supply of armoured personnel carriers (APC) to the Czech military as of 10 December, Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova has said.

Prague - Czech and US negotiators are likely to complete talks on the second missile shield treaty in September, Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova said Thursday.

Parkanova said she also expects the center-right cabinet of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to discuss the so-called Status of Forces Agreement later the same month.

Parkanova said that the supplier had breached the terms of the contract.

Minister Parkanova said if the Czech government and parliament approve the new deployment, the Czech troops will come under the US operation Enduring Freedom, not NATO.

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Defense Minister Vlasta Parkanova said the Russian fear of the launching of a US.

radar base on Czech soil should go somewhat back, possibly to the very beginning if the complementary base with interceptor missiles finally were not built in Poland, Defense Minister Vlasta Parkanova said Sunday.