THE SLOVAK military is entitled to use all available means to stop a breach of Slovak airspace, the TASR news agency reported.
The entitlement stems from a cabinet decree passed just one week before the Bratislava summit meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush.
A spokesman for the Slovak defence ministry denied that the decree was passed because of the upcoming presidential visit.
"It's a coincidence," said the ministry's spokesman, Zenon Mikle, adding that the draft decree was prepared a long time ago.
Slovak law has been lacking such a decree. All NATO members now have to deal with this issue, following the 2001 terrorist attack in New York and Washington, said Mikle.
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