Čaputová receives highest Czech honor on last visit to Prague

Photo: Kateřina Šulová, ČTK

Czech President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva received the outgoing Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová and her partner Juraj Rizman at Prague Castle on Thursday. With the trip, Čaputová has concluded her farewell foreign visits before the end of her five-year mandate.

“The Order of the White Lion of the Civil Group, First Class, presented to Zuzana Čaputová, President of the Slovak Republic, for outstanding merit to the benefit of the Czech Republic.” 

On Thursday, President Petr Pavel presented the highest decoration of the Czech state, the Order of the White Lion, First Class, to the outgoing Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová for her contribution to the development of relations between the two states. In return, she awarded him with the highest Slovak state decoration, the Order of the White Double Cross, First Class.

Author: Jakub Ferenčík

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