Prague, Nov 23 (CTK) – Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said yesterday he hopes that Turkey will expel the two Czechs who were detained in the country because of their alleged involvement in Kurdish militia and diplomacy will do its best for them, but a solution will not be quick.
Zaoralek will go to Turkey in mid-December. He will also debate the situation in the country, its relations to the EU and the problematic project of completion of the Yunus Emre power plant.
A credit for the plant has been provided by the Czech Export Bank (CEB) and the EGAP state company provided insurance for it.
Zaoralek said his ministry has already taken certain steps in connection with the Czechs and it is trying to “prepare soil” for the proposed solutions.
However, he said if there is not willingness on the Turkish side, it will not be easy to find a solution.
Zaoralek said the detained must have been aware of the dangers existing in the area.
Marketa Vselichova, one of the couple, was detained in the past already and she did not heed the warning by the Foreign Ministry, Zaoralek said.
Vselichova and her boy friend have been accused of terrorism and they will be brought on trial, according to the Turkish press.
It reported on the detention of the Czechs last Thursday. It wrote that the couple said they were trained in German special forces and in the French Legion.
Zaoralek said the situation may be more complex than in other countries because Turkey is an ally of the Czech Republic and a NATO member.
Zaoralek’ s trip to Turkey was planned long before and it is not immediately connected with the latest developments.
The Yunus Emre project is on the agenda of the government meeting yesterday. The plant has not yet been completed. The major supplier is the Czech company Vitkovice Power Engineering, which is insolvent.
According to the material for the government meeting, the project may have a strongly negative impact on the state budget.
Industry and Trade Minister Jan Mladek estimated it at about 15 billion crowns yesterday.
($1=25.474 crowns)
