Rice to travel to Prague, Sofia, Tbilisi

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Georgia from July 7 to July 10.

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Georgia from July 7 to July 10, the State Department announced on Sunday.

"Secretary Rice will meet with senior Czech, Bulgarian, and Georgian officials to discuss a wide range of bilateral and transatlantic issues," department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement.

In Prague, she will sign an agreement for stationing a US missile defense radar on Czech soil, McCormack added.

In Sofia, Rice will receive the Stara Planina First Class Medal, Bulgaria's highest award, for her role in obtaining the release last July of Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor held in Libya.


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