Czech foreign minister discusses EU, US missile base, and Cuba with Spanish counterpart

Czech foreign minister discusses EU, US missile base, and Cuba with Spanish counterpart

Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, whose country has
already ratified the EU draft constitution, agrees with his Czech
counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg that a new European agreement supported
by all EU member states needs to be drawn up. On an official visit to
Prague, Mr Moratinos said dialogue and debate played a crucial role in
finding a joint position on the EU's future role. The two state
representatives also discussed Washington's plans to station part of its
missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic and their
countries' positions on Cuba.

With regards to the US missile shield, Mr Schwarzenberg said it was no
surprise that US lawmakers moved to cut the budget for the extension of
the shield to Central Europe. Regarding Cuba, both men agreed that their
countries' goals are the same but methods of achieving them differ.
Spain prefers to take up the issue of human rights violations through
dialogue with the Cuban government, while the Czech Republic has been
pushing for Brussels to exert more political pressure on the island's
totalitarian regime.

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