Photo: Michal Kamaryt, ČTK
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský was the first foreign dignitary to visit Israel in the wake of Saturday’s attack on the country by the Palestinian group Hamas. He assured President Yitzhak Herzog and his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen of Czechia’s full support in this crisis.
Flying to Jerusalem straight from a meeting between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council in Oman, the Czech foreign minister discussed a range of political and practical issues relating to the current conflict with his Israeli counterpart and the country’s president. Addressing journalists at a press conference in Prague on his return, Mr Lipavský explained why he made the trip:
“I thought it important to personally express Czechia’s unanimous support for Israel. The barbaric attack by the terrorist group Hamas shocked me, as I think it did everyone else. I assured Foreign Minister Cohen that Czechia fully supports Israel’s right to self-defence.”
However, the Czech foreign minister’s speech did not ignore the Palestinian people either.
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Author: Anna Fodor