PRAGUE, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States believes that the installation of its missile defense base in the Czech republic and Poland will win sufficient support in the two countries' parliaments, U.S. Under Secretary of State John Rood said in Prague on Monday.

    Washington believes that the Czech parliament will approve the radar project but it will respect any outcome of the parliament's vote, Rood said during an international conference on missile defense, organized by the Czech Foreign Ministry.

    It is not yet known when the Czech Republic and the United States will sign the treaties on the radar that would be subsequently submitted to parliament, Rood, the U.S. chief negotiator on the radar, told the Czech news agency CTK.

    Both treaties are likely to be signed soon, on the occasion of the visit by U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice to Prague, the CTK said.

    The Czech Republic and the United States have been negotiating on two treaties concerning the radar for more than a year.

    Negotiations on the main treaty have already been completed, while the talks about the SOFA treaty, dealing with the legal framework of U.S. troops' stay on Czech territory, are still underway.

    Rood said on Monday that the two parties still have to settle a few open issues within the SOFA negotiations. However, these are no insurmountable controversies, he added.

    The United States has repeatedly said that the radar, along with the missile interceptors in Poland, are to prevent a missile attack from countries such as Iran.

    The U.S. project does not enjoy clear support in the Czech parliament for the time being. It is opposed by not only the left-wing opposition but also by certain deputies for the junior ruling party Greens and Christian Democrats. Some 70 percent of Czech citizens also oppose the project.