The Czech Republic will host a meeting of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad states on May 3-4, Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek said after talks with his Swedish colleague Margot Wallstroem.
Prague, March 15 (CTK) – The Czech Republic will host a meeting of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad states on May 3-4, Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said after talks with his Swedish colleague Margot Wallstroem.
“I invited the minister (Wallstroem) to the Prague meeting,” he told journalists.
In late April, a meeting of foreign ministers of the given countries will be held in Latvia. Representatives of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and the Czech Republic are likely to participate in it.
According to CTK’s information, the cooperation of the Baltic and Nordic states and those of the Visegrad Group (V4) will focus on relations to Russia and Ukraine, the Eastern Partnership project and energy security, among others.
During his visit to Prague yesterday, Polish President Andrzej Duda spoke about more cooperation between the V4 group and other countries.
Duda and Czech President Milos Zeman agreed that the V4 group could have closer relations with both its northern and southern neighbours, Duda said.
He said his talks with Zeman also covered cooperation between the countries of the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea regions, especially in trade and transport.
