Today, a delegation of the Czech government led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala arrived in Kyiv for a joint meeting of the Ukrainian and Czech governments.
This is reported by "European Truth".
Such a meeting of two governments is taking place for the first time in history.
In addition to Fiala, three vice prime ministers and four ministers will take part in the meeting with the Ukrainian government. According to photos posted on Twitter by a Radiožurnál correspondent, the Czech delegation includes, among others, Finance Minister Zbynek Stanyura and Interior Minister Vit Rakusan. There is also Tomasz Poyar, adviser to the Prime Minister on European affairs.
In connection with the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the joint meeting of the two governments is accompanied by strict security measures. The government office of the Czech Republic even made public the exact composition of the delegation.
In a similar format, the Czech government regularly conducts negotiations with partners from Poland, Slovakia and Israel.
"We will continue the consultations that the Prime Minister and I conducted during our visits to Kyiv. During the negotiations, we will discuss the participation of Czech non-governmental organizations and companies in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, as well as support for Ukraine's integration into the EU," he said earlier. head. of diplomacy Yan Lipavskyi.
Prime Minister Petro Fiala already visited the Ukrainian capital shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In mid-March, together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, he went to Kyiv, which Russian troops were trying to surround. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, then called this visit a decisive show of support for the country that was under attack.