Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Markéta Pekarová Adamová attended a meeting of the leading representatives of the parliaments of NATO countries in Washington, D.C. In her contribution, she appealed for more intensive support for the defending Ukraine. The deepening of political and economic Czech-American ties was then discussed with representatives of Congress and the organization American Friends of the Czech Republic. The meeting of legislators took place on the eve of the summit of NATO heads of state.
The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, led the parliamentary delegation and attended the meeting of the heads of the legislative bodies of the North Atlantic Alliance.
“Our country is leading a munitions initiative, the goal of which is to deliver half a million artillery shells to Ukrainian defenders by the end of the year. Since the beginning of the war, European countries have provided joint aid to Ukraine in the amount of almost two and a half trillion crowns. But we all need to do much more. A Ukrainian defeat would mean a complete disaster for our entire continent. However, Russian aggression is not only a European problem. I am therefore glad that the American Congress understands the urgency of the situation, the most striking proof of which is the recent adoption of a package of economic and military aid to Kyiv,” said Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Markéta Pekarová Adamová in a speech about current security challenges.
In her speech, the president also strongly condemned Russian missile attack on a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian capital. “The barbaric, brutal aggression against the most vulnerable reveals the true nature of today’s Russian regime,” she added.
As part of the work program, the President also met with members of the US Congress in Washington and also held a working meeting with the influential expatriate association American Friends of the Czech Republic.
“Czech-American relations are today in a number of areas at one of the best levels in our modern history. Therefore, at the meeting in Congress, I also raised the issue of obtaining business visas of the E1 type, which would significantly facilitate the access of our entrepreneurs to the prospective American market and thus deepen our mutual economic ties,” added the Speaker of the Chamber of Commerce, Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
The Czech parliamentary delegation also consisted of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security Pavel Fischer and the head of the Parliament’s Permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, MP Jiří Horák. The meeting of leading lawmakers took place in the US capital on the eve of the summit of NATO heads of state.
“It is literally vital that in the year when our country marks a quarter of a century since joining the strongest defense alliance in the world, our government fulfills its long-term commitment and we contribute the agreed 2 percent of GDP to common defense,” concluded President Markéta Pekarová Adamová.