Government postpones stand on president’s Moscow visit

The Czech government failed to take a stand on whether President Miloš Zeman’s May trip to Moscow should take place or not and a decision will be put off for another week, prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Thursday. He said ministers were divided over the issue on Wednesday night of whether the head of state should mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII in Moscow. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been asked in the meantime to ascertain fuller details of the programme. The president’s staff have said that the full programme for the commemoration have not been released. Most EU heads of state and government have said they will stay away from the Moscow event in protest at Russia’s annexation of Crimea and continued intervention in Eastern Ukraine.

Author: Chris Johnstone