Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
CZECH DIPLOMACY
2019
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Dear readers, Opening Allow me to present to you the second edition of the Czech Diplomacy publication. Unlike the last year, when I looked Message back at the achievements of my predecessors as well as on my own contribution, this publication takes stock of the work undertaken only by myself and my team throughout 2019. There are many ways to characterize the year 2019. One of the key topics in international policy is multilateralism, a principle that has been gaining ground since 1945. Effective application of multilateralism is the crucial way to maintain a rules-based world order. In 2019, multilateralism underwent an endurance test. We saw global actors such as Brussels, Washington, Moscow or Beijing vehemently asserting their different views on the key questions of foreign policy, security and related issues. The level of disagreement on the future world order was obvious especially from the interaction between the United States and China. In the European context, I was above all pleased by European Parliament elections. The voter turnout exceeded my expectations, and the result did not confirm the pessimistic predictions that the share of populist vote would be larger than ever before. The year 2019 brought some great anniversaries, the most important one being the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation combined with the 20th anniversary of our own NATO membership. Czech diplomacy never fails to stress the value of the alliance as there are too many political forces happy to challenge this fundamental pillar. The 15th anniversary of our EU membership was another important moment. Finally, 30 years have passed since the Velvet Revolution. Its legacy and ideals became the main building blocks of Czechoslovak and later Czech foreign policy in the 1990s. The following chapters will give you a more detailed overview of the most important events and achievements of Czech foreign policy in 2019. The list is not and cannot be complete. It should serve as a source of basic facts to help you understand the main direction of the work undertaken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year on the basis of the long- term foreign policy concept and the present Government's programme statement. These activities contributed both to the visibility of the Czech Republic and to the achievement of our priority goals, including in bilateral relations. Readers may judge for themselves how we have coped with this daunting task.
Tomáš Petříček Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
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Contents Opening Message………………………………………………………… 2 Direction of Czech Diplomacy in 2019…………………………… 4 Effective Multilateralism……………………………………………… 6 Czech Diplomacy within the EU……………………………………. 7
Human Rights……………..……………………………………………. 9 Development Cooperation………………………………………….. 9 Economic Diplomacy…..…………………………………………….. 11
Security of the Czech Republic…………………………………….. 12 Good Name of the Czech Republic in the World……………. 14 Compatriot Affairs…………………………………………………….. 16 Prizes Awarded by the MFA in 2019……………………………. 17 Citizen Service……………..…………………………………………… 19 Diplomatic Missions Abroad………………………………………. 21 MFA Organisational Structure…………………………………… 23 Ministry in Figures……………………………………………………. 25
MFA Staff…………………………………………………………………. 25 State Budget Allocation to the MFA…………………………….. 26 MFA Property……………....………………………………………….. 27
Visits and Meetings……..…………………………………………….. 28
Annexes……………………………………………………………………..32 Annex 1 – Visits and Meetings in 2019………………………….32 Annex 2 – Embassies of the Czech Republic…………………. 77 Annex 3 – Permanent Missions of the Czech Republic……86 Annex 4 – Consulates General/Consulates of the Czech Republic………………………………………………….. 86
Annex 5 – Consular Offices………………………………………… 87 Annex 6 – Other Types of Missions………………………………88 Annex 7 – Honorary Consulates of the Czech Republic….89 Annex 8 – Czech Centres…………………………………………… 99 Annex 9 – Participation of the Czech Republic in Missions and Operations abroad in 2019…………………101 Annex 10 – Participation of the Czech Republic in the OSCE and EU Election Observation Missions in 2019…………………………………………………….102 Annex 11 – International Agreements in Force for the Czech Republic since 2019…………………………104 Annex 12 – MFA Publications in 2019…………………………108
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During 2019 we celebrated several important anniversaries. Where else but in Czernin Palace should we commemorate the Direction of moments when our history took a new turn? Here, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Warsaw Pact was finally Czech dissolved on 1 July 1991, a move which definitely helped Czechoslovakia and other countries of Central and Eastern Diplomacy Europe to free themselves of Soviet influence. In 2019, Czech diplomacy supported several conferences on security issues. It is important to remember what the Czech in 2019 Republic has learned and gained through its membership in the Alliance. It is important to realize that our security does not begin at the national border – on the contrary, our security is at stake whenever an ally comes under threat. Ability to adapt to new threats, with their increasingly complex and hybrid nature, is also crucial for our security. The Czech Republic is ready to accept its share of responsibility and fulfil the obligations arising from its Alliance membership -- not only in response to the the United States putting pressure on the allies to meet their respective commitments, but mainly for the sake of itself, its security and its allies.
Minister Tomáš Petříček with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg In March 2019, the Czech Republic commemorated the 20th anniversary of its accession to NATO. Celebrations at Prague Castle and Czernin Palace were attended by prominent guests, including former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former NATO Secretary General George Robertson. In 2019, fifteen years passed since the Czech Republic's entry in the European Union. In the context of the anniversary celebrations, Czech diplomacy sought to define its vision of the future European Union, in other words: the vision of the Union we need. In the context of the Brexit and the results of European Parliament elections, Minister Tomáš Petříček called for “an active and unbiased discussion on what the European Union truly represents, what it pursues, what it plans, and what it could or should be doing.” The last, but not least important, anniversary of 2019 was the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. On this occasion, Minister Tomáš Petříček awarded the Medal for Merit in Diplomacy to twelve personalities who have significantly
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contributed to the post-revolutionary course of our foreign policy. The Minister confirmed out commitment to the legacy Direction of of November 1989: “Our clear political, security, economic and civilisational anchoring in the free, developed and Czech prosperous West is the most precious legacy of the post- revolution years.” Diplomacy in 2019
Minister Tomáš Petříček presents the Medal for Merit in Diplomacy to Magdaléna Vášáryová
Throughout the past year, Czech diplomacy sought to build on this legacy by strengthening bilateral relations with our key partners, promoting respect for human rights around the world, providing development, transformation and humanitarian assistance, participating in civilian and military operations, and engaging in various multilateral formats.
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In 2019, the Czech Republic paid increased attention to the UN reform promoted by Secretary General António Guterres. Effective It also focused on effective linking of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, both in its national policy and in the relevant EU Multi- and NATO policies. During the opening week of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the Czech delegation, led by Prime Minister lateralism Andrej Babiš, attended the Climate Summit and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, where the Prime Minister gave a speech on partnership for sustainable development. The Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in a meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism held on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The Czech Republic shares the Alliance's ideas; at the meeting it expressed political support for issues such as the impact of the environment on security, freedom of information, cyber security and international humanitarian law.
Minister Tomáš Petříček recalled the legacy of Václav Havel in the UN In 2019, the Czech Republic played a responsible role in
several international organizations. In May 2019, the Czech Republic successfully completed its presidency of the
Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. In January, the Czech Republic began another three-year term as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), and in the same month, it also chaired the Human Dimension Committee (HDC) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The chairmanship of this committee enabled the Czech Republic to effectively link its work in the OSCE with the HRC priorities, and to increase its overall influence in this thematic area. Another major success was the election of the Czech Republic to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the 2020–2022 period. on the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, in July 2019, the Czech Republic hosted the XLII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), the first ever Antarctic Treaty meeting of this importance to take place in Prague. Thanks to the host country's diplomacy, the meeting was concluded with the adoption of the Prague Declaration recalling the Treaty principles and confirming the commitment to respect them. Page | 6
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Another significant success was the re-election of Petr Válek, Director of the International was Department of the Ministry Effective of Foreign Affairs, as Chairman of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law of the Council of Europe Multi- (CAHDI). The Czech Republic also chaired several regional formats, lateralism namely the Visegrad Group or the Austerlitz format (Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria). In both cases, the Czech Republic worked for closer coordination with the partners on EU issues.
Czech European Commissioner Věra Jourová was elected Vice- President of the European Commission In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs allocated CZK 37,240,000 for voluntary contributions provided by the Czech Republic to international organizations over and above the level of its mandatory contributions. The funds went into activities promoting security, human rights protection, and economic development. For the most part, they were used to support the work of the UN, NATO Trust Funds, OSCE, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), International Labour Organization (ILO), Council of Czech Europe, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The year 2019 was a turbulent one for the European Union. A Diplomacy new EU leadership was nomitated following European Parliament elections. The President-designate of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was confirmed by paper- within the thin majority in the European Parliament in July 2019. The new Commission did not receive parliamentary approval until EU the end of November. The new EU executive thus assumed its positions on 1 December 2019. The election of Czech Commissioner Věra Jourová as Vice-President of the Commission may be considered a clear success of Czech diplomacy. Brexit hovered in the background of the EU election year 2019. The final form of the UK’s departure from the EU was still unclear. The Czech Republic made preparations for Brexit without a deal: the Brexit Act regulating the post-Brexit rights of British nationals living in the Czech Republic entered into force in 2019. The Czech Republic also defined its priorities for negotiations on a future EU-UK agreement: trade, security cooperation and the rights of EU citizens in the UK. Page | 7
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New EU leaders took over the negotiations on the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework. In this context, the Czech Czech Republic took the lead in a group of countries supporting the EU cohesion policy. The Friends of Cohesion Summit of 16 EU Diplomacy Member States took place in Prague in November 2019. The summit was concluded with the Prague Declaration building on the new EU Strategic Agenda adopted by the European within the Council on 20 June 2019. Both documents underline the need to strengthen cohesion in the EU, including, but not limited to, EU by strengthening the convergence of our economies in a sustainable way based on social inclusion.
Minister Tomáš Petříček at the EU Foreign Affairs Council In order to reduce emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement, Czech diplomacy worked towards recognition of the nuclear energy applicability in national energy mixes, which was finally confirmed in the conclusions of the European Council in December. Although the topic of migration was not discussed as intensely in 2019 as it was in the previous years, the effort to find a European solution continues. Therefore, in the course of 2019, Czech diplomacy also participated in the search for a different solution to illegal migration heading to Europe rather than compulsory redistribution quotas. Czech diplomacy also played an important role in finding a compromise solution and reaching an agreement on the so- called Mobility Package which aims to improve working conditions for European drivers and increase the competitiveness of road freight transport. Thanks to our diplomacy efforts, the issue of the European Union enlargement has remained among its priority themes, and it is also one of the long-term priorities of the Czech foreign policy. In 2019, Member States’ political debates on the Northern Macedonia and Albania opening accession negotiations were at the forefront. Despite the active general efforts of Czech diplomacy to adopt a decision to begin accession negotiations, no consensus within the EU was found during the year.
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The Czech Republic continued to be an active player in the area of human rights in 2019. Through its Permanent Mission Human in Geneva, it participated in the activities of the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC), namely by supporting 51 Rights resolutions, e.g. on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Iran, Belarus, Yemen, the Philippines, women’s rights, human rights in the digital age or the death penalty. The Czech Republic also joined 28 statements on the human rights situation in Venezuela, the Crimea and Saudi Arabia. In 2019, the Czech Republic presented its view in the adoption of the HRC resolution on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. The Czech Republic completed its historically first membership in the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (2017–2019), as its Vice-Chairman. In this capacity, it advocated coexistence of the stabilisation, humanitarian and development activities. Through the exhibition named “Flying Doctors”, the Czech Republic presented its MEDEVAC health-humanitarian programme and also financially supported the UNICEF activities for women and children in Iraq and South Sudan. As chairman of the OSCE Human Dimension Committee since January 2019, the Czech Republic has initiated discussions, in particular, on participation in public and political life, Transition promoting tolerance and non-discrimination, freedom of expression and media freedom, elections, prevention of torture, prevention of violence against women and support of Promotion civil society and human rights defenders. The Transition Promotion Programme serves also for Programme promoting human rights. In this programme, a total of nearly CZK 80 million was spent in 2019 on approximately 80 projects of Czech NGOs and institutions implemented in cooperation with their partners in the target countries. The Transformation Cooperation Programme focused on countries where there is a certain prerequisite for the transferability of Czech experience and a tradition of mutual contacts exists: Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Cuba, Moldova, Myanmar and Serbia. Special attention was paid to the democratic transformation of Ukraine, where CZK 20 million a year was allocated between 2019 and 2021, of which CZK 10 million was earmarked for development and CZK 10 million for transformation activities. Our foreign policy efforts also include a stronger commitment to sustainable development as its global support significantly strengthens common security. In 2019, the government allocated a total of CZK 856 million Development for bilateral development cooperation (DC), of which CZK 394 million for development projects in priority countries (Bosnia Cooperation and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Georgia, Cambodia, Moldova and Zambia), almost CZK 130 million for development scholarships, CZK 50 million for the new programme Czech Development Co-operation Guarantee Programme and CZK 282 million CZK for other programmes involving the Czech private and non-profit sectors. In 2019, a new development co-operation methodology was approved. It allows designing new projects with respect to the situation in the field and it Page | 9
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puts emphasis on the role of embassies in project planning Development and monitoring. In addition, programmes for placing teachers and experts abroad, trilateral co-operation subsidy programmes and the Cooperation development-economic partnership programme for the private sector were modified.
In spring 2019, the Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank announced the first call for the Czech Development Co-operation Guarantee Programme. Companies with investment plans may obtain a public guarantee for up to a half of the loan in the developing country as long as the project contains sustainable development benefits in the target country (e.g. job creation).
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the bilateral Development Co- operation priority countries. The Czech Republic assists here with the use of geothermal energy. Czech foreign development co-operation received a very positive feedback from the OECD in 2019, mainly thanks to the adoption of the Czech Development Co-operation Strategy 2018 – 2030, regular independent evaluations of development programmes and projects, and the creation of several new instruments. The Czech Republic also complies with the OECD recommendations adopted in 2019. Namely, the interconnection of humanitarian, development and peacekeeping activities as well as the introduction of measures preventing sexual abuse and harassment in development cooperation. In this regard, the Czech Republic has taken
concrete steps, it has, for instance, agreed on the basic principles of conduct with Czech development and humanitarian organizations. Humanita- In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported a total of 54 humanitarian projects in 28 countries worldwide from the humanitarian aid budget, with a total value of CZK 247 million. rian Aid In accordance with the priority areas of humanitarian aid, much of the humanitarian budget (80%) was donated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the needs of forcibly displaced people due to ongoing conflicts and instability in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, South Sudan, Sahel, Syria, Ukraine as well as the growing crisis in Venezuela. Page | 10
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CZK 50 million was allocated for health care and basic needs Humanita- of internally displaced Syrians and Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. The remaining 20% of the humanitarian budget was spent on immediate relief and disaster recovery, such as rian Aid the drought in Ethiopia and Zambia, floods and hurricanes in the Philippines, Indonesia or Mozambique, and fire disaster recovery in Greece. In addition, in August 2019, the government approved the continuance of the National Museum’s programme for the restoration of the Syrian cultural heritage for the years 2020– 2021, and allocated CZK 100 million.
In the provision of humanitarian aid, the MFA cooperates with Czech and local NGOs, United Nations agencies such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations World Food Programme, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The long-term priority of Czech humanitarian activities is to protect women and children from violence, especially by enabling them access to and participation in education and earning their livelihood. In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported a number of projects aimed at protecting women and children by donating more than CZK 50 million from the humanitarian budget. Every year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs financially and Economic organizationally supports projects for the presentation of the Czech business sector abroad (the so-called PROPEDs – Diplomacy Economic Diplomacy Projects) and it was no different in 2019. In 2019, the Czech embassies implemented 288 projects worth more than CZK 48 million. In terms of sectoral focus, most projects covered agriculture and food industry (64), tourism (36) and defence (29). In 2019, the new economic diplomacy instrument PROPEA was launched to support economic activities abroad. The pilot countries are Mongolia, Morocco and Japan. Its main objective is to strengthen the capacities of the Czech Republic to support a more sustainable presence of Czech companies on foreign markets and to reduce risks. In 2019, the network of export specialists working at regional chambers of commerce was expanded. In 2019, chambers from the Pardubice, South Moravian, Moravian-Silesian, Olomouc, Zlín, Pilsen and South
Bohemian regions were involved. The regional export specialists, inter alia, participated in organizing regional seminars and several projects of economic diplomacy. The process of moving the representation of CzechTrade and CzechTourism to embassies was supported by agreements between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry for Regional Development. By the end of 2019, 43 representations had been moved, i. e. 52% of the total number.
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The most important instrument for ensuring the security of the Czech Republic is the NATO collective defence system Security of based on the mutual defence commitment. At the December meeting of NATO’s top officials in London, the Alliance the Czech presented itself as a successfully transforming organization, particularly in the areas of defence burden-sharing, collective defence and preparedness for present and future challenges. Republic In London, Member States officially opened a debate on the future of NATO. Its aim should be deepening of the Alliance political dimension.
Tomáš Petříček at the meeting of NATO countries’ foreign ministers NATO NATO currently faces several challenges, in particular, the expiry of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and the fight against terrorism, particularly in the Middle East and the Sahel. In addition, the Alliance must deal with its modernization, enhancement of the military adaptation capability, functional inspection of the headquarters, expanding its space presence, and a new plan for innovative and disruptive technologies. Last but not least, the Alliance also evaluated the challenges and opportunities presented by China and the growth of its influence in the world. NATO and EU cooperation in the field of military mobility and defence CSDP against hybrid and cyber threats also continued to strengthen. Under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and in line with the EU Global Strategy, the European Union continued to strengthen its defence capabilities and sought to deepen its cooperation with NATO as the main guarantor of Europe’s territorial defence also in 2019.
In the framework of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Czech Republic was concerned with a protracted discussion on the issue of third countries’ involvement in PESCO joint projects and the efforts of some countries to significantly reduce this involvement. The topic discussed in 2019 was coherence of EU defence initiatives. This long-term process should result in a coherent system which would fully link the existing defence initiatives, in particular PESCO, Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Defence Fund (EDF) and ensure their complementarity with NATO. Page | 12
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In the civilian field of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), the process of its strengthening, which was initiated in 2018 with the adoption of the Civilian CSDP Compact or the Civil Capability Development Plan, continued. The European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management, which Germany is seeking to establish, should also contribute to the effective implementation of the Civilian CSDP Compact. The Czech Republic supported this initiative in 2019.
OSCE Session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation under the Presidency of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic also played an important role as the presiding country of the OSCE Forum for Security Co- operation (FSC) from September to December 2019. A specific feature of this presidency was the management of negotiations between the OSCE participating States on declarations and decisions of the OSCE Ministerial Council. The Czech Republic organized security dialogues focused on political-military cooperation of the V4 countries, OSCE Code of Conduct, the role of women in the armed forces, the role of donors in SALW destruction projects, implementation and modernization of the Vienna document as well as SALW and conventional ammunition issues.
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The year 2019 marked three significant anniversaries: 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO, 15th Good Name anniversary of its accession to the EU, and 30th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain (Velvet Revolution). Conferences, of the Czech discussions with important participants, photo exhibitions, films and concerts were prepared. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperated with Slovak partners in these events. Republic in The public debate on Czech foreign policy in the context of the Velvet Revolution called the Afternoon with the Czech the World Diplomacy received a very positive response. The debate featured witnesses of the changes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after 1989 while current diplomats and other experts discussed the key foreign policy issues. Additionally, exhibitions on the Velvet Revolution, the anniversary of the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO, digital exhibition Havel In A Nutshell (in cooperation with the Václav Havel Library) and the exhibition November 1989 in documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were held to accompany this event.
Minister Tomáš Petříček opens the “Afternoon with the Czech Diplomacy” One of the very successful and widely publicized events was the 80th anniversary of Winton’s undertaking to rescue Jewish children in 1939. The event was organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy. On this occasion, Minister Tomáš Petříček awarded the representatives of those who organized the rescue children transports and the British families who fostered the children. In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also participated in the campaign #WeAreNATO promoting our membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. Fourteen projects related to Czech foreign policy priorities, including NATO Days in Ostrava, Prague European Summit and the One World film festival in Brussels were supported through grants. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributed to seven projects to support compatriot communities abroad. In August 2019, the government updated a concept of a uniform presentation of the Czech Republic abroad, and in the autumn, it resumed the activities of the Interdepartmental Commission, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs acts as a coordinator. Page | 14
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In 2019, on the 10-year anniversary of the foundation of the Czech-Polish Forum, twelve Czech-Polish cooperation projects were supported as part of its subsidy programme. Since 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Junior Diplomat Initiative (University of Economics in Prague) have been organizing the Diplomatic Salons. This tradition continued in 2019 with the salon on the role of the Czech Republic in NATO and the second one on 15 years in the EU. In cooperation with the Czech Olympic Committee, a second conference on sports diplomacy was held in December, on the possibilities of strengthening the role of sport in presenting the Czech Republic abroad. In 2019, Czech Centres prepared a number of projects of various genres in many different countries. Within its foreign Czech network, it organized more than 2000 events. At the beginning of 2019, the Czech Centre in Rome was Centres reopened and in November, the Czech House in Bratislava, where the Czech Centre was moved, opened. This year’s central theme was the anniversary of 30 years of
freedom. In cooperation with Dana Kyndrová, an exhibition of documentary photographs was prepared and presented in various countries of the world. The partnership with the National Museum resulted in a multimedia exhibition summarizing the events of the Velvet Revolution, and in cooperation with the Czech News Agency, a presentation of photographs from its archives, designed for exhibitions abroad, was staged. At home, the Czech Centres, jointly with the cultural institutes of five Central European countries, implemented a project commemorating the anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, which was presented at Národní třída during the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. A project called Freedom – a View of the Young Generation, intended for young audiences, was created with the involvement of art school students. In 2019, there were also exhibitions devoted to the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovak design, commemoration of important milestones in our history, Czech toys, the history of Czech comics and illustrations of children’s books, a presentation of projects celebrating the success of Czech science and innovation called Czech Innovation Expo and a project examining the notion of the Czech Republic “brand” called CzechImage. The Susanna Roth 2019 Translators Competition took place as well as the 8th Czech That Film Festival, presenting contemporary Czech cinematography, which was organized in 22 cities across the USA and Canada. As part of the Shared Cities project, the exhibition named Iconic Ruins?, dedicated to the brutalist architecture of the V4 countries, was presented.
More information on public diplomacy activities can be found in the Yearbook of Public Diplomacy.
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About two million people living outside the Czech Republic are of Czech origin. Many of them come from families who left Compatriot their homeland several generations ago, but this number also includes young Czechs who work abroad. Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciates the good relationship of foreign Czechs with their homeland and strives to keep a dialogue with them through compatriot organizations or associations abroad. Annually, it supports nearly 300 of them in more than 50 countries worldwide with donations totalling CZK 21 million. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports supports teacher placement to compatriot communities, providing courses on Czech language teaching methodology, scholarships, and organizing a four- week Czech language course in the Czech Republic. The main compatriot topics discussed in 2019 were the Romanian Banat, Brexit, compatriots in Ukraine and Venezuela, vote by correspondence, the Amendment to the Czech Citizenship Act, legal and practical anchoring of minorities abroad, support of the Czech education and the Czech Republic’s return policy.
Conference on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution with Czech and American guests, Los Angeles The Interministerial Committee for Czechs Living Abroad continues its activities, and, in cooperation with the partner ministries, it manages a web interface Useful Information for Czechs Living Abroad. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also cooperates on a long-term basis with Radio Prague International (formerly Radio Prague) and its portal for compatriots. In 2019, the MFA’s Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad Jiří Krátký attended a series of meetings at home and abroad, where he spoke with the representatives of expatriates and expatriate associations. In addition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Czech Senate Standing Committee for Czechs Living Abroad is mapping expatriate issues in the form of round tables or conferences. The last round table, entitled The Role and Place of Foreign Czechs in Bilateral Relations, was held in cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic on 7 October 2019.
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In 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček awarded the Gratias Agit Award for the promotion of the Czech Republic’s good name abroad to fifteen important Prizes personalities and the Russian democratic society Memorial. Awarded by Gratias Agit CERALOVÁ PETROFOVÁ Zuzana, Czech Republic the MFA in CHUBIRKO Volodymyr Volodymyrovych, Ukraine HLADÍK Dušan, USA 2019 JERIE Beatrix, Switzerland KRAJNÝ Miloš, Canada LIPOVAC Marijan, Croatia MILKANI Piro, Albania MIRCHI Reza, Iran PAŘÍZEK Dušan Robert, Germany PETERLIK Karl, Austria PODWAL Mark, USA POMAHAČ Bohdan, USA SRIRATANA Verita, Thailand TIHOUNOVÁ Tea, in memoriam, Zambia VOŘÍŠEK Jan, Georgia MEMORIAL International Society, Russia
Diploma and crystal globe by academic painter Zdeněk Petr
In 2019, for the first time, the MFA’s new distinction was awarded – Medal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs “For Merit in Diplomacy”. The award ceremony was held on two different occasions, on 12 March in connection with the anniversary of the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO and on 18 November, when a number of Czech and foreign personalities who contributed to the post-revolutionary transformation of our diplomacy and new democratic foreign policy development after 1989 were awarded the prize.
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Prizes Awarded by the MFA in 2019
Minister Tomáš Petříček awarded Madeleine Albright
Medal for Merit in Diplomacy
ALBRIGHT Madeleine, USA DIENSTBIER Jiří, in memoriam, Czech Republic DOBROVSKÝ Luboš, Czech Republic FIALKOVÁ Markéta, in memoriam, Czech Republic GRUŠA Jiří, in memoriam, Czech Republic, Austria HUŇÁTOVÁ Dana, Czech Republic CHMEL Rudolf, Slovakia 1 JANAS Zbygniew Piotr, Poland JASIŃSKI Mirosław, Poland KAVAN Jan, Czech Republic KINKEL Klaus, in memoriam, Germany 1 KLÍMOVÁ Rita, in memoriam, Czech Republic KOLMER Felix, Czech Republic KOSTA Tomáš, in memoriam, Czech Republic KOVANDA Karel, Czech Republic NEKVASIL Jiří, Czech Republic OSHIMA Tadamori, Japan PICK Otto, in memoriam, Czech Republic ROBERTSON George, Great Britain SCHWARZENBERG Karel, Czech Republic
SLÁNSKÝ Rudolf Jr., in memoriam, Slovakia SOLANA Javier, Spain
ŠEDIVÝ Jaroslav, Czech Republic ŠEDIVÝ Jiří, Czech Republic ŠTINDL Karel, Czech Republic VÁŠÁRYOVÁ Magdaléna, Slovakia VETCHÝ Vladimír, Czech Republic VONDRA Alexandr, Czech Republic ŽANTOVSKÝ Michael, Czech Republic
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The number of Czechs travelling abroad, often to exotic destinations, is constantly increasing. Foreign trips are Citizen sometimes associated with various risks and complications. The comparison of consular statistics for the years 2017–2019 Service shows which cases of consular assistance the Czech diplomatic missions had to deal with and how the monitored items evolved over the years.
In addition to Czech embassies, honorary consular officers, prominent personalities operating in different regions who perform their activities free of charge for the benefit of the Consular Czech Republic, are often involved in helping Czech citizens in need. Affairs In June 2019, the third worldwide meeting of Czech honorary consular officers took place in Prague (the first was in 2008, the second in 2013). The aim of the meeting was to express gratitude to honorary consuls for their activities performed for the Czech Republic and to broaden their professional knowledge necessary for carrying out the work of honorary consul as well as general knowledge of the Czech Republic. The meeting was attended by 170 honorary consular officers out of a total of 216 (status 6/2019). The programme included a professional section focusing on all agendas of honorary consulates, and presentations complemented with one-day business and economic-themed excursions held across the Czech Republic. In addition to economic diplomacy, great attention was paid to the activities of honorary consuls in the field of public diplomacy, i.e. the presentation of the Czech Republic’s good name in the world. The mutual exchange of knowledge and experience of the work as Honorary Consul on a global scale was important and very welcome. The programme included a meeting of honorary consuls with important representatives of the Czech Republic.
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Citizen Service
Honorary Consuls’ Meeting in Prague, June 2019 Czech embassies received a record 815,000 visa applications in 2019, which represents an increase of 12.9% compared to Visa Affairs 2018. 742,000 applications were processed for short-term Schengen visas, of which almost 470,000 were for tourist trips. There were also 24,490 applications for long-term visas and 48,430 applications for long-term or permanent residence permits lodged with the embassies. The government’s economic migration programmes were the ongoing topic of the visa agenda, including the Key and Scientific Staff Programme, Highly Qualified Worker Programme and the Qualified Worker Programme, which allow the acceptance and processing of employee (sometimes blue) card applications in an accelerated mode. All third countries are included in the Key and Scientific Staff Programme and the Highly Qualified Worker Programme (for some countries the government has set a maximum annual quota for applications). The Qualified Worker Programme, on the other hand, is implemented only in certain third countries,
also through annual quotas. In 2019, the programme was extended to Belarus, Montenegro, India, Kazakhstan and Moldova, thus joining the existing target countries of labour migration: the Philippines, Mongolia, Serbia and Ukraine, where in 2019, there was a significant increase in the annual quota of applications received to 40,000. In 2019, the so-called STUDENT Scheme continued, allowing simplified applications for long-term residency to university students in bachelor, master or doctoral study programmes.
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Diplomatic Relations of the Czech Citizen Republic At the end of 2019, the Czech Republic maintained diplomatic Service relations with 197 countries around the world. Most of these relations had been established already with the former
Czechoslovakia. Diplomatic Missions Abroad The interests of the Czech Republic abroad are promoted by diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic abroad – embassies (Annex 2), permanent missions and delegations (Annex 3), consulates general (Annex 4), consular offices (Annex 5), other missions (Annex 6) and Czech Centres (Annex 8). In 2019, the Czech Republic opened a new Embassy in Bamako (Mali) and two Consulates General in Milan (Italy) and Manchester (UK).
These official representations of the state are complemented by the Integrated Foreign Network of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the CzechTourism Agency, as well as honorary consulates and honorary consulates general. These have
similar functions as career consulates, however, they are headed by honorary consular officials who do not have
diplomatic status and are not MFA employees (Annex 7). Diplomatic Missions 119
Embassies 91
Permanent Missions 7 Consulates General 19
Consular Offices 4
Other Missions 2
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Honorary Consulates 213
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Czech Centres 25
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Organisational Structure 2019
Tomáš Petříček Minister of Foreign Affairs
Miloslav Stašek State Secretary
Anita Grmelová Martin Povejšil Aleš Chmelař Martin Tlapa Martin Smolek Tomáš Kryl
Deputy Minister Deputy Minister Deputy Minister Deputy Minister Deputy Minister Deputy Minister for Government for Security and for European for Non- for Legal and for Economic Affairs Multilateral Issues European Consular Affairs and Operational Issues Countries, Section Economic and Development Cooperation
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The MFA staff are divided according to their education and duties into diplomatic staff, administrative and technical staff, Ministry in and other staff responsible for the operations of the Ministry. They serve either at the headquarters (Prague) or at 119 Figures diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic abroad. The staff serving abroad are MFA employees, supplemented by locally hired staff with specific knowledge of the local situation and languages. Total 2556 Headquarters (757) Female (1256) Missions Abroad (1799) Male (1300)
Posted Staff Locally Hired (1099) (700) 31/12/2019 MFA Staff
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Ministry in Figures State Budget Allocation to the MFA
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The main investment project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2019 was the completion of the Trauttmannsdorf Palace Ministry in reconstruction. This created a fully-fledged administrative building which also includes exhibition space and conference Figures facilities. The reconstruction began in 2015. By the end of 2019, some MFA departments moved to the new premises. Another investment project, although not as visible but equally important in terms of eliminating health risks and improving the working environment of the employees, is the replacement of lead water pipework in the building of the Czernin Palace and a reconstruction of sanitary facilities. Due to the lack of storage space for archive materials under the care of the MFA Archive, the reconstruction of the warehouse building in Prague–Ruzyně has begun.
MFA Property
Successful reconstruction of the residential building of the Czech Embassy in Copenhagen The largest investment project abroad is the reconstruction of the building of the Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. The preparations have been underway since 2010. Over the time, the initial project to revitalize the building gradually expanded to include complete renovation, change of use, and construction of a rooftop addition. The second largest project abroad is the construction of the Czech Embassy in Canberra. The design phase started as early as 2018, and in 2019 the project was revised to reduce construction costs. Reconstruction of residential buildings in Copenhagen and the Madrid, both in poor condition, continued in 2019 and is to be completed in 2020. In 2019 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an architectural competition for the construction of the Embassy in Addis Ababa. In cooperation with the Czech Technical University and the President of the Inspireli Awards, an international architectural student competition was announced in 2018. In October 2019, based on a decision of an international jury and a Czech jury composed of experts, architectural public representatives and the investor, the project by students of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Kristína Boháčová and Jana Hájková, was selected as the winning design. Page | 27
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In mid-2019, the Czech Republic took the chair of the V4
Group. The Czech Presidency, led by the Czech diplomacy, carries the motto “V4 Reasonable Europe”, which emphasizes
a rational approach, European themes and effective use of various formats for cooperation. In 2019, the Czech Presidency hosted the V4 Presidents’ V4 and Summit with Serbia and Slovenia, a summit of the V4 Prime Ministers and representatives of the Western Balkans, and the Austerlitz V4 Foreign Ministers meeting with the Benelux. A number of important ministerial meetings were also held, such as the meeting of V4 Defence Ministers, the V4 Agriculture Ministers Format with Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Finland. V4 Interior Ministers also met with Austria.
Tomáš Petříček at the meeting of V4 Foreign Ministers in Prague At expert level, efforts continued to strengthen the Central European dimension of the V4 format, in particular, the involvement of Germany in negotiations on the priority topics of Czech diplomacy (EU enlargement, future of EU Eastern Policy). Within the Austerlitz format (S3), the Czech Republic handed over its presidency to Slovakia in July 2019. During the year- long leadership of the S3 Group, it advocated the rationalization of the original commitments of the 2015 Austerlitz Declaration. As a result, the thematic scope of expert cooperation was expanded to include international law and development cooperation. Cooperation within the strategic partnership with France was France successful, especially in the field of defence, foreign affairs, interior, industry and trade, transport, agriculture, local development, culture and education, and also between government offices. It takes the form of high-level and working-level consultations, seminars, training courses, training and coordination events, joint projects, participation in fairs, art and industrial exhibitions. The intensive cooperation was highlighted by the visit of Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to Prague in December.
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In June 2019, an evaluation of the Czech-German Strategic Dialogue, launched in 2015, took place. In addition to the Germany existing nine ministerial working groups, two new ones were added – energy and internal security. An extension of the dialogue to include development cooperation is also under preparation. The Strategic Dialogue work programme for the period 2019–2021, accentuating research, energy security, climate protection, transport and education, was jointly signed
by both Foreign Ministers in Prague.
Minister Tomáš Petříček with his German counterpart Haiko Maas Great Although a change of government and early parliamentary elections took place on the British side in 2019, the Czech Republic maintained intensive bilateral contacts with Great Britain Britain. The United Kingdom was visited by both Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. In December, President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman also visited London and led the delegation at the meeting of heads of state and government of NATO member states. Korea At the beginning of 2019, the Strategic Partnership Action Plan for the period 2019–2021 with the Republic of Korea was signed. This document extends the existing collaboration to include robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology or lithium processing. The high level of mutual relations was confirmed by the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha on the margins of the GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava. China The Czech Republic sought to develop a comprehensive Czech-Chinese strategic dialogue. In February, consultations of Deputy Foreign Ministers took place in Beijing. The October meeting of the Czech-Chinese Joint Economic Committee, which met after a four-year pause, was also important. Both Czech President Miloš Zeman and Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament Radek Vondráček informed their Chinese counterparts about the interest of the Czech Republic in organizing the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Page | 29
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Committee. Japan The Czech Republic is interested in concluding a strategic partnership with Japan, which would reflect progress in
their cooperation. Czech officials emphasized this in all negotiations with their partners. The Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Kubera and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček negotiated with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Japan’s National Diet Tadamori Oshima. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš also expressed his
interest in the strategic partnership at a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo in October 2019.
Minister Tomáš Petříček with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi In 2019, a top-level dialogue with India continued as well. India Both Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček met with their counterparts and expressed their wish to conclude a strategic partnership between the two countries. Negotiations on the reintroduction of direct air connections between New Delhi and Prague continued. Thanks to the promotion of the
Czech Republic, the number of Indian tourists increased; the interest in inter-university and scientific cooperation grew and the cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises intensified. Several business missions from the fields of the digital economy, smart transport, communication technologies, water and waste management Eastern visited India. As part of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership policy, two major events took place Partnership in Prague: the Conference on Economic Cooperation with the Eastern Partnership Countries in April and the Eastern Partnership Day in June, which provided an opportunity to reflect on the further development of this policy. Russia Despite tense relations with the Russian Federation at a multilateral level, the second Czech-Russian Discussion Forum took place in Moscow in June 2019. The discussion Page | 30
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forum was established as an apolitical, open discussion platform between the representatives of academic, expert and non-state structures. Sub-Saharan Africa was one of the priority areas of the EU’s foreign policy in 2019 and it therefore gains importance for Sub-Saharan the Czech Republic as well. In 2019, the Czech Republic set itself an objective that EU-Africa relations should better Africa reflect the shift in the perception of partnerships towards greater equality and shared responsibility of both parties. This means moving from simply providing aid to strengthening the standard trade and economic cooperation as a more effective way of supporting the development of African countries. The Czech Republic’s specific intention for the EU-Africa partnership is to involve more non-state actors, mainly from the private sector and civil society.
Minister Tomáš Petříček at the 1st meeting of EU and African Union Foreign Ministers in Brussels In connection with the government’s strategy for the stabilization and socio-economic development of the Sahel, the Czech Republic opened an embassy in Bamako (the capital of Mali) in September 2019. It is the first diplomatic mission of Central and Eastern European countries in the region. Considerable attention of the Czech engagement is focused on security, mainly helping Mali in the fight against terrorism. In this context, the Czech Republic continued to train Malian security forces as part of the EU Training Mission (EUTM) in 2019. It was also preparing to take command of the entire mission in 2020.
For the complete overview of the visits and meetings in 2019, see Annex 1. The overview includes trips and visits of senior officials, ministers, committees of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and deputy ministers.
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Annexes Annex 1 – Visits and Meetings in 2019 AFGHANISTAN 24/7–25/7/2019 Official visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 22/ 11/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar AFRICAN UNION 21/1–22/1/2019 1st annual African Union-European Union Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels 14/11/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, in Addis Ababa on the margins of the working visit in Ethiopia ALBANIA 29/1–31/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký 16/1/2019 Working visit by the Albanian Minister of Tourism and Environment, Blendi Klosi 20/2–22/2/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Ondřej Benešík 14/3–15/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 8/4/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček 20/5–21/5/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 10/6/2019 Working visit by the President and Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Gramoz Ruçi 12/9/2019 Working visit by the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama 11/9–12/9/2019 Working visit by the Acting Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Gent Cakaj 3/11–8/11/2019 Working visit by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Miluše Horská, and a delegation of the Committee on Health and Social Policy of the Senate of the Czech Parliament ARMENIA 9/4–10/4/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar 16/4–17/4/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková, with Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments, Mané Adamian, on the margins of the international economic forum on the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Prague 28/4–2/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Marek Benda Page | 32
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5/5–9/5/2019 Working visit by the Standing Senate Commission on Rural Development of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Štěch 5/2019 Working visit by the Secretary General of Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vahagn Melikian 3/10–15/10/2019 Meeting of the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Štěch, Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Miluše Horská, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Vojtěch Pikal and of the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Marek Benda with the Head of the Interparliamentary Armenia-Czech Republic Friendship Group, Gayane Abrahamyan, on the margins of the Forum 2000 in Prague 21/10/2019 Working visit by Armenia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avet Adonts 29/10–1/11/2019 Meeting of the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Marek Benda, with the delegation of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, headed by the Committee Deputy Chair, Anna Karapetyan, in Prague AUSTRALIA 15/10–18/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 22/11–25/11/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Vojtěch Pikal AUSTRIA 17/1/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 24/1/2019 Working visit by the Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Norbert Hofer 29/1/2019 Working visit by the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs of Austria, Johannes Peterlik 19/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar 27/3–28/ 3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil 1/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec 1/4–2/4/2019 Official visit by the President of the National Council of the Austrian Parliament, Wolfgang Sobotka 2/4–4/4/ 2019 Official visit by the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman 7/4/2019 Participation by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, in a sports event organized by the Komenský School Association in Vienna 9/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staněk
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29/4–30/4/2019 Working visit by the Committee for Defence of the National Council of the Austrian Parliament 6/5–7/5/2019 Working visit by the President of the Czech Constitutional Court, Pavel Rychetský 9/5/2019 Participation by the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Karel Schwarzenberg, in the debate “30 Years after the Fall of the Iron Curtain” in Grafenegg 13/5/2019 Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Austerlitz Format on the margins of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels 16/5/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 18/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, in the ceremony to mark the construction commencement of the cross-border medical centre in Gmünd 28/5–29/5/2019 Participation by the Special Envoy for the Eastern Partnership of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jaroslav Kurfürst, in the conference on the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Vienna 24/6–25/6/2019 Working visit by the Mandate and Immunity Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 10/7/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Energy Security of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Václav Bartuška 31/8/2019 Meeting of Presidents of Parliaments in Austerlitz Format, Wolfgang Sobotka, Radek Vondráček and Andrej Danko, in Grafenegg 12/9–13/9/2019 Working visit by the Austrian Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism, Maria Patek 4/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický, in the 7th Ministerial “Friends of Industry” Meeting in Vienna 14/10/2019 Meeting of Presidents of Parliaments in Austerlitz Format, Wolfgang Sobotka, Radek Vondráček and Andrej Danko, on the margins of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Belgrade 24/10/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 6/11–7/11/2019 Working Visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of the Interior, Jakub Kulhánek 15/11/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Resilience and New Threats of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Šedivý 15/11/2019 Participation by the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Karel Schwarzenberg, and the Chair of the Standing Senate Commission on Compatriots Living Abroad of the Czech Parliament, Tomáš Czernín, in the debate “30 Years after the Fall of the Iron Curtain” in Vienna 21/11/2019 Working visit by the Austrian Federal Minister of the Interior, Wolfgang Peschorn
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29/11/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg 30/11–4/12/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Committee on Health Care of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Věra Adámková AZERBAIJAN 8/4–12/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Pavel Veselý 15/5–17/5/2019 Official visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček 25/6/2019 Working visit by the Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalaf Khalafov BAHRAIN 30/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček BANGLADESH 21/5/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Commerce of Bangladesh, Tipu Munshi BELARUS 16/4–18/4/2019 Participation by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Evgeny Shestakov, in the 11th Session of the Belarusian-Czech Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Prague 13/5–15/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař 3/6–5/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Pavel Veselý 10/7–13/7/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Belarus, Anatoly Khotko 8/10–10/10/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Evgeny Shestakov in Brno, to attend the 61st International Engineering Fair 28/10–31/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa BELGIUM 19/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 22/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 10/6–11/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 30/9–4/10/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Environment of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair Dana Balcarová 11/10/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček Page | 35
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BRAZIL 24/1/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos 9/2–15/2/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Innovations of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Juříček, accompanied by a delegation of Czech scientists 7/4–10/4/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 27/5–31/5/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Innovations of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Juříček, accompanied by selected businesspeople 25/9/2019 Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček and Ernesto Araújo, on the margins of the Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City 11/11–17/11/2019 Visit by the Interparliamentary Brazil-Czech Republic Friendship Group to the National Congress of Brazil 23/11–29/11/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Innovations of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Juříček, accompanied by selected businesspeople BULGARIA 5/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 5/11/2019 Working visit by the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, to attend the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague BURKINA FASO 3/11–8/11/2019 Working visit by the Burkina Faso's Minister of Security, Ousséni Compaoré CAMBODIA 4/3–6/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 26/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, on the margins of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York 13/10–14/10/2019 Official visit by the Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen CAMEROON 10/11–14/11/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek CANADA 17/1–18/1/2019 Official visit by the Speaker of the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament, Geoff Regan
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5/5–10/5/2019 Bilateral consultations by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, and participation in the opening ceremony of the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Winnipeg 26/5–31/5/2019 Official visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, accompanied by a delegation of the Committee on Economic Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament and a business mission CHILE 12/2/ 2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 12/5–18/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on EU Affairs of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Václav Hampl CHINA 1/2/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, to Chengdu 8/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký 25/4–29/4/2019 Participation by the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, accompanied by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková, Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman, Czech Minister of Transport, Dan Ťok and Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staněk 21/5–23/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký, to the autonomous region of Guangxi 7/6–10/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Marian Piecha to the China–CEEC Investment and Trade Expo in Ningbo 31/8–3/9/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek, to Shanghai and Hanghzhou 27/10–6/11/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by Karel Rais, to Beijing and the provinces of Liaoning and Sichuan 4/11–7/11/2019 Participation by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, with a delegation in the China International Import Expo in Shanghai; working visit to Beijing, Shanghai and Hanghzhou, accompanied by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Martina Tauberová, and the Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radim Fiala COLOMBIA 8/2/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 10/4–12/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, accompanied by a business mission
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17/10–18/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, accompanied by the Czech Air Force Commander, Major General Petr Hromek CÔTE D'IVOIRE 27/11–28/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Health, Radek Policar COUNCIL OF EUROPE 21/1–25/1/2019 Participation by the Permanent Delegation of the Czech Parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the 1st part of the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 8/4–12/4/2019 Participation by the Permanent Delegation of the Czech Parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the 2nd part of the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 16/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the 129th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Helsinki 24/6–28/6/2019 Participation by the Permanent Delegation of the Czech Parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the 3rd part of the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 30/9–4/10/2019 Participation by the Permanent Delegation of the Czech Parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the 4th part of the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 7/10/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, in Prague 26/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Robert Plaga, to attend the Meeting of Ministers of Education of the Council of Europe Member States in Paris CROATIA 11/4–12/4/2019 Official visit by the President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 26/9–2/10/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 4/11/2019 Working visit by the Croatian Prime Minister, Andrej Plenković, accompanied by the Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Zdravko Marić CUBA 3/11–7/11/2019 Official visit by the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman, accompanied by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek and the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický
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REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS 24/9/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs of the House of Representatives of the Cypriot Parliament, headed by Yiorgos Lillikas 6/5–9/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Public Administration and Regional Development, headed by the Committee Chair, Ivan Bartoš DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 8/4–10/4/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Kryl DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 20/5–24/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Lubomír Zaorálek DENMARK 25/4/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs and the Arctic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Carsten Grønbech-Jensen 11/11–14/11/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Social Policy of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Jana Pastuchová 20/11–21/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch ECUADOR 11/2–12/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa, to attend bilateral political consultations 30/10–31/10/2019 Working visit by the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Žáček EGYPT 25/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the President of Egypt, Abd al-Fattáh as-Sísí, on the margins of the EU-League of Arab States (LAS) summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 7/4–9/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staněk 10/6–14/6/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by Pavel Žáček ESTONIA 10/6–14/6/2019 Working visit by the Electoral Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Electoral Commission Chair, Martin Kolovratník 2/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, in the launch of the NATO Baltic Air-Policing Mission of Czech pilots at the Ämari Air Base 5/11/2019 Working visit by the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Aleš Opata, to the Czech pilots at the Ämari Air Base
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5/11/2019 Participation by the Prime Minister of Estonia, Jüri Ratas, in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague 14/11–15/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Václav Velčovský ETHIOPIA 20/3–22/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa, to attend the 7th round of bilateral political consultations 12/11–14/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 23/11–30/11/2019 Working visit by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Štěch EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (CERN) 20/5–21/5/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, to CERN and to attend the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva 21/5/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Public Administration, Regional Development and the Environment of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jan Horník 27/5/2019 Working visit by the President of the CERN Council, Ursula Bassler 28/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Pavel Doleček, to CERN on the occasion of signing of a framework agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and CERN and an agreement to support the work of Czech students at CERN EUROPEAN UNION 2/1–4/1/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová 8/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels 21/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the EU-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Brussels 31/1–1/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) in Bucharest 24/1–25/1/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 7/2–8/2/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague, Mladá Boleslav and Libnice 18/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels 19/2/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels
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25/2/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Competition, Margarethe Vestager 12/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, to attend the informal meeting of the General Affairs Council in Bucharest 12/3–14/3/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the 3rd Conference "Supporting the future of Syria and the region" in Brussels 18/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels 19/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council and the meeting of the General Affairs Council under Article 50 of the Treaty on EU (TEU) in Brussels 21/3–22/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the meeting of the European Council in Brussels 29/3/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague and Ostrava 1/4/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Hradec Králové 8/4–9/4/2019 Participation by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, and the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, in the Conference of the Speakers of EU Parliaments (EUSC) in Vienna 8/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg 9/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council and the meeting of the General Affairs Council under Article 50 of the Treaty on EU (TEU) in Luxembourg 10/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the extraordinary meeting of the European Council under Article 50 of the Treaty on EU (TEU) in Brussels. 15/4/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Secretary General within the European External Action Service, Jean-Christoph Belliard, in Prague 29/4–30/4/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 1/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, in the celebration of the anniversary of new Member States´ accession into the European Union 3/5/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 7/5–8/5/2019 Working visit by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk 9/5/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague
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9/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the Informal EU Summit in Sibiu 13/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels 16/5–17/5/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 20/5/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 21/5/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Transport and Space, Violeta Bulc 21/5/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels 28/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend an Informal meeting of EU Heads of State and Government in Brussels 10/6/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 17/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg 20/6–21/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the meeting of the European Council and the EU Summit in Brussels 24/6/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 25/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister for the Regional Development, Klára Dostálová, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council (cohesion) in Luxembourg 30/6–2/7/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the extraordinary meeting of the European Council in Brussels 15/7/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 15/7/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels 29/7/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the incoming President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels 29/8–30/8/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) in Helsinki 10/9/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska 16/9/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels 2/10–4/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, in the EU-Arctic Forum in Umeå
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8/10/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska 8/10/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics 11/10/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Jičín 14/10–15/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, the meeting of the General Affairs Council and the meeting of the General Affairs Council under Article 50 of the Treaty on EU (TEU) in Luxembourg 17/10–18/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the meeting of the European Council in Brussels 28/10/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 31/10/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 5/11/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther H. Oettinger 10/11–11/11/2019 Working visit by the President-elect of the European Council, Charles Michel 19/11/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels 21/11–22/11/2019 Working visit by the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, to Prague 9/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels 10/12/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková, to attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels 12/12–13/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the meeting of the European Council in Brussels 15/12–16/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa, to attend the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting in Madrid FINLAND 19/2/2019 Working visit by the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Finland, Paula Risikko 21/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek 22/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staňek 27/2–28/2/2019 Working visit by the Government Commissioner for Digitization and IT, Vladimír Dzurilla, with a delegation
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14/3–15/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 20/5–21/5/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Public Administration and Regional Development of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Ivan Bartoš 11/9/2019 Working visit by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Jari Gustafsson 16/9–20/9/2019 Working visit by the Electoral Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Stanislav Berkovec 18/9/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Matti Anttonen 30/9/2019 Working visit by the Finnish Prime Minister, Antti Rinne 30/9–3/10/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the 1st Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jiří Růžička FRANCE 20/2/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková 22/2–23/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman 26/2–27/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek 7/3–8/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staňek 23/5/2019 Working visit by the Director General of Political and Security Affairs at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Nicolas de Rivière 5/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 13/6–15/6/2019 Working visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, to attend the meeting of the Association of European Senates 17/6–18/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl 26/9–27/9/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Jiří Šír 30/9/2019 Participation by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, in the funeral of Jacques Chirac 12/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař 12/11–14/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Lubomír Zaorálek 28/11–29/11/2019 Working visit by the French Minister of State for European Affairs, Amélie de Montchalin 6/12/2019 Working visit by the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean- Yves Le Drian
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GEORGIA 17/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, David Zalkaliani, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference 16/4–17/4/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Genadi Arveladze, and the Chairman of the Government of Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Tornike Rijvadze, to attend the conference on the "Ten years of the Eastern Partnership" 2/5–5/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Štěch, and the Chair of the Standing Senate Commission on Rural Development, Miroslav Nenutil 21/5–23/5/2019 Working visit by the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili 18/6–20/6/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Georgian Parliament, headed by the Chair of the Foreign Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, Sofio Katzarava, and the chair of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, Kakhaber Kutchava 9/7–11/7/2019 Official visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, speech at the 16th Batumi International Conference "Georgia’s European Way" 11/10–14/10/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, Ekaterine Tikaradze 25/11–26/11/2019 Participation by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Alexander Khvtisiashvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Genadi Arveladze, and Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Khatja Tsilosani, in the 5th meeting of the Joint Committee on Bilateral Economic Cooperation between the Czech Republic and Georgia in Prague GERMANY 11/1/2019 Working visit by the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Steffen Bilger 16/1/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Head of the Saxon State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs, Oliver Schenk, in Prague 17/1–19/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman, to attend the Internationale Grüne Woche 2019 trade fair in Berlin 18/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to Bavaria 18/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Transport, Dan Ťok, to Saxony
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21/1/2019 Working visit by the Former President of Germany, Joachim Gauck, in Prague, on the occasion of receiving the Charles IV Prize at Charles University 28/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister for the Regional Development, Klára Dostálová, to attend the Czech-Bavarian Regional Forum in Schönsee 6/2–8/2/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Interparliamentary Friendship Group Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, to the German Bundestag in Berlin 7/2/2019 Working visit by the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Media, Florian Herrmann 11/2/2019 Working visit by the Saxon Minister for the Environment and Agriculture, Thomas Schmidt 15/2–17/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček and the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček, in the Munich Security Conference in Munich 20/3–21/3/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staňek, in the Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig 26/3/2019 Official visit by the Minister-President of the federal state of Saxony- Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff 26/3–27/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký, to the North Rhine-Westphalia 28/3/2019 Official visit by the Vice-President of the German Bundestag, Hans-Peter Friedrich 1/4–3/4/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 4/4/2019 Working visit by the Bavarian State Minister of Justice, Georg Eisenreich 8/4–9/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, René Neděla, in the regional consultations on the draft of the Integrated National Energy and Climate plan (NECP) in Berlin 9/4–10/4/2019 Participation by the Special Envoy for Energy Security of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Václav Bartuška, in the conference Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue in Berlin 9/4/2019 Participation by the Deputy Chairman of the Governmental Research, Development, and Innovation Council, Karel Havlíček, and the Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Václav Velčovský, in the Czech- German Innovation Festival (CGIF) in Berlin 16/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar 17/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař 30/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister for the Regional Development, Klára Dostálová, to attend the Czech-German-Polish celebration of the 15th anniversary of the EU Enlargement in Zittau
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16/5–17/5/2019 Participation by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Štěch, in the Quo Vadis conference in Dresden 20/5/2019 Working visit by the Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Hubert Aiwanger 20/5–21/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Presidium of the Bavarian State Parliament 21/5/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, to the North Rhine-Westphalia 29/5/2019 Participation by the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, Florian Herrmann, the Head of the Saxon State Chancellery, Oliver Schenk, and the State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs František Ružička, in a joint panel with the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, at the Prague European Summit (PES) 29/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický, to attend the meeting with the he Saxon Upper Mining Authority in Freiberg 31/5/2019 Working visit by the Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer 4/6/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Ondřej Benešík, to Bavaria 7/6/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary for European Affairs, Milena Hrdinková 12/6–13/6/2019 Working visit by the Saxon State Minister of Finance, Matthias Haß, and members of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Saxon Landtag 14/6/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Prime Minister of Saxony and State Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Martin Dulig 14/6/2019 Working visit by the Saxon State Minister of Justice, Sebastian Gemkow, and members of the Saxon Landtag 14/6/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, René Neděla, and the Special Envoy for Energy Security of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Václav Bartuška 24/6–25/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, and Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvana Jirotková, in the European Forum for Science, Research and Innovation in Dresden 26/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staňek, to Bavaria 27/6/2019 Working visit by the Saxon State Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs, Christian Piwarz, and a delegation of members of the Saxon Landtag 10/7–12/7/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Standing Senate Commission of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jan Horník 19/7/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, in the 13th Science Days of the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region in Weiden
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25/7/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of the Environment, Vladislav Smrž, to Saxony 26/7/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec 30/7–31/7/2019 Working visit by the Police President, Jan Švejdar 30/7/2019 Working visit by the Saxon State Minister of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Barbara Klepsch 24/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to Saxony 28/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, to Saxony 30/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, and Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Pavel Sekáč, to Saxony 10/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Culture Jiří Vzientek, in the “Charta 77 Story” exhibition opening in Leipzig 23/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Jana Maláčová, in the Civic Forum of the Bavarian State Government in Furth im Wald 30/9/2019 Working visit by the Saxon Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer, the Saxon State Minister of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Barbara Klepsch, and State Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Martin Dulig 30/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, and the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, in the celebration commemorating the anniversary of the events of 30 September 1989 at the German Embassy in Prague 30/9/2019 Working visit by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas 1/10/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, to Bavaria 2/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Pavel Sekáč, in the summit on Smart Farming “5G & Digital farming” in Dresden 4/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to Bavaria 9/10–10/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Justice, Marie Benešová, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, in the European Day of Justice in Dresden 21/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Petr Očko, in the opening of the 14th Czech-German Economic Round Table within the “K” Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber in Düsseldorf 22/10–24/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Justice, Marie Benešová, to Bavaria 23/10/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on the occasion of the Enthronement of the Emperor Naruhito
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8/11–9/11/2019 Working visit by the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, to attend the celebrations to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin 9/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the celebrations to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin 11/11–13/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Václav Pícl, to Saxony 13/11/2019 Working visit by the Bavarian State Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport, Hans Reichhart 17/11/2019 Participation by the President of the German Federal Parliament, Wolfgang Schäuble, and the Saxon Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer, in the celebrations to commemorate 17 November 1989 19/11/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the conference “NATO´s Eastern Flank and European Cooperation” in Berlin 21/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Justice, Marie Benešová, to Saxony 25/11–26/11/2019 Participation by the Czech First Deputy Prime Minister and Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček, in the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum in Berlin 25/11–26/11/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister for Regional Development, David Koppitz, in the annual political dialogue of the Platform for Coal Regions in Transition in Görlitz 5/12/2019 Working visit by the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence, Thomas Silberhorn 10/12/2019 Participation by the Special Envoy for the Eastern Partnership at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jaroslav Kurfürst, in the Eastern Partnership meeting in Berlin 23/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, and the Bavarian State Minister of Finance, Albert Füracker, in the memorial event on the Czech-German border near Rozvadov GHANA 23/4–27/4/2019 Working visit by Ghana´s Deputy Minister for Railways Development, Andy Appiah-Kubi 27/5–31/5/2019 Working visit by Ghana´s Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison, with a business delegation 3/8–8/8/2019 Working visit by Ghana´s Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, and the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta 24/11–26/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa HONDURAS 12/6–16/6/2019 Political consultations by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký, and participation in the opening ceremony of the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic on the island of Roatán
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HONGKONG 7/5–10/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Jindřich Fialka HUNGARY 12/3/2019 Participation by the Hungarian President, János Áder, in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to NATO 14/5–16/5/2019 Official visit by the Czech President, Miloš Zeman 14/5–16/5/2019 Meeting of the Czech and Hungarian Constitutional Court judges, led by the Presidents of the Constitutional Courts, Pavel Rychetský and Tamás Sulyok, in Brno 21/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar 15/7/2019 Working visit by the Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology, László Palkovics 4/9–5/9/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to attend the Budapest Demographic Summit 18/10/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Tamás Vargha ICELAND 25/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, on the margins of the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva 6/5–10/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by Lumír Aschenbrenner INDIA 17/1–19/1/2019 Official visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 20/2–24/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar 25/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on the margins of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York 7/10–11/10/2019 Working visit by the Indian Secretary of Department of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Asha Ram Sihag INDONESIA 25/2/2019 Bilateral meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi, on the margins of the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva 24/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi, on the margins of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York 15/10–18/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický, on the occasion of the 4th Joint Economic Committee meeting in Jakarta
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29/11/2019 Working visit by the Commissioner General of the National Counter- Terrorism Agency, Suhardi Alius, and a meeting with the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Jakub Kulhánek 9/12 – 13/12/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA) 30/4/2019 Participation by the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, in the 14th European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) in Prague 5/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, René Neděla, in the IEA Ministerial Meeting in Paris INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) 18/10–19/10/2019 Participation by the Deputy Governor of the Czech National Bank, Marek Mora, in the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) 16/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Jana Maláčová, and Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Moussa Oumarou, in the National Tripartite Conference in Prague on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ILO IRAN 13/5–15/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický IRAQ 24/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the President of Iraq, Barham Salih, on the margins of the European Union – League of Arab States Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 18/9–19/9/2019 Working visit by the First Vice-president of the Parliament of Iraq, Hassan al-Ka'bi 25/9/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický, and participation in the 2nd session of the Czech-Iraqi Joint Committee in Baghdad IRELAND 20/1–22/1/2019 Participation by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, in the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the sitting of the First Dáil (Irish Parliament) 15/2/2019 Working visit by the Secretary General for European Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland, Rory Montgomery 12/3–14/3/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Health, Alena Šteflová, in the 4th European Health Literacy Conference in Dublin
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25/3/2019 Working visit by the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, Kevin Boxer Moran 6/6–7/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař 27/8/2019 Working visit by the Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney 2/9–5/9/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Marek Benda ISRAEL 18/2–20/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 10/6–12/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa ITALY 8/3–10/3/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký, and the Standing Commission on Compatriots Living Abroad of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Commission Chair, Tomáš Czernin 27/3–28/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, and the opening ceremony of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Milan 11/6–12/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, to attend the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CEI Member States in Trieste 24/6–26/6/2019 Working visit by the Permanent Commission for the work of the Office of the Chamber of Deputies of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 17/7/2019 Working visit by the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, leading an Italian business delegation 18/7–19/7/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade for Digitisation and Innovation, Petr Očko 9/10–10/10/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Fischer, to attend the opening of the exhibition about Václav Havel in the Italian Parliament 4/11–5/11/2019 Working visit by the Italian Minister for European Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, and a participation in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague 25/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with a business delegation 19/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to attend the CEI Summit in Rome
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JAPAN 25/4/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe, on the margins of the V4-Japan summit in Bratislava 26/6/2019 Working visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera 3/9/2019 Working visit by the President of the Lower House of the Parliament of Japan, Tadamori Oshima 20/10–24/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, and participation in the Enthronement Ceremony of the Emperor Naruhito 15/12/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi, on the margins of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Madrid JORDAN 25/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ayman Al Safadi, on the margins of the EU- League of Arab States (LAS) summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 24/2–26/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková, with a business mission, and participation in the 1st session of the Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation 9/4–11/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, with a business mission 9/9–13/9/2019 Official visit by the President of the Jordanian Senate, Faisal Al Fayez KAZAKHSTAN 22/7–23/7/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Jiří Šír 23/9–24/9/2019 Participation by the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Vojtěch Filip, in the 4th meeting of the Speakers of the Eurasian Countries' Parliaments in Nur-Sultan 16/10–18/10/2019 Official visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček 11/11–12/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvana Jirotková 15/12/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tleuberdi, on the margins of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting in Madrid KENYA 7/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Jakub Landovský, and meeting with the Kenyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Macharia Kamau 17/6–19/6/2019 Working visit by the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Aleš Opata
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA 23/4–24/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Petr Očko 31/5/2019 Working visit by the South Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yun Kang–hyeon 7/6/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kang Kyung-wha, on the margins of the GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava 11/6/2019 Strategic dialogue on cyber security of the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, with the Ambassador for International Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, Kim Gunn, in Prague 16/9–20/9/2019 Working visit by the Government Commissioner for Digitization and IT, Vladimír Dzurilla 20/10–24/10/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Pavel Fischer 26/11–28/11/2019 Working visit by the South Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs, Chang Jae-bok REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO 13/6–14/6/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Behgjet Pacolli, accompanied by the Minister of Economic Development of Kosovo, Valdrin Lluka 15/11/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Rejhan Vuniqi KUWAIT 10/2–12/2/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the National Assembly of Kuwait, headed by Shuaib Shabab Al-Muwaizri KYRGYZSTAN 17/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Chingiz Aidarbekov, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference 26/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Chingiz Aidarbekov, on the margins of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York 9/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková 20/5–24/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Agriculture of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Jaroslav Faltýnek
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LAOS 3/3–4/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 18/11/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, with the Lao Minister of National Defence, General Chansamone Chanyalat, on the margins of the exhibition Defense & Security 2019 in Bangkok 15/12/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saleumxay Kommasith, on the margins of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting in Madrid LATVIA 28/2/2019 Working visit by the Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Solveiga Silkalna 18/3–19/3/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, headed by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl, and the President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce, Vladimír Dlouhý 7/5–10/5/2019 Working visit by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jiří Oberfalzer, to attend a conference organized by the Latvian Parliament in support of Tibet 21/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 17/9–19/9/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention of the Latvian Parliament 5/11–6/11/2019 Working visit by the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Aleš Opata, the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Fischer, Vice- President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Patrik Kunčar, and other representatives of the Czech Parliament LEBANON 24/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, on the margins of the EU-League of Arab States (LAS) summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 27/3/2019 Working visit by the Lebanese Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil LIBYA 29/1–30/1/2019 Working visit by the Prime Minister of Libya, Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Siala LIECHTENSTEIN 2/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař 24/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, on the margins of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York Page | 55
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14/11/2019 Acceptance of the Golden Medal for Merit of Mendel University in Brno by the Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein 14/11–15/11/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Home Affairs, Education and Environment of Liechtenstein, Dominique Hasler 4/12/2019 Working visit by the Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Martin Frick LITHUANIA 8/4–10/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Defence, Jakub Landovský, with a business delegation 10/4/2019 Working visit by the Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Darius Skusevičius 5/11/2019 Participation by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius, in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague 6/11–7/11/2019 Working visit by the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Aleš Opata LUXEMBOURG 14/10–15/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař 7/11–8/11/2019 Official visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 8/11/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn 5/12–6/12/2019 Official visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček MALTA 3/7–4/7/2019 Working visit by the Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat 5/11/2019 Participation by the Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague MALAYSIA 17/11–20/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, with a business delegation MEXICO 27/4–2/5/2019 Official visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, accompanied by a delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 3/6–7/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muřický 11/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký 16/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, accompanied by the Czech Air Force Commander, Major General Petr Hromek Page | 56
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MOLDOVA 16/4–17/4/2019 Participation by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, Iuliana Drăgălin, with a delegation in the international economic forum on the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Prague 11/10–12/10/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Committee on Health Care of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Věra Adámková 19/11–22/11/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Agriculture of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Jaroslav Faltýnek MONGOLIA 16/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Damdin Tsogtbaatar, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference 28/2/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Energy of Mongolia, Tserenpil Davaasuren 19/5–21/5/2019 Working visit by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Damdin Tsogtbaatar 29/9–2/10/2019 Official visit by a delegation of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera 22/10–25/10/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek MONTENEGRO 10/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 12/9/2019 Working visit by the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Duško Marković 11/11–13/11/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee member, Přemysl Mališ MOROCCO 15/4–19/4/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jiří Oberfalzer MYANMAR 21/1/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Minister for International Cooperation of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Kyaw Tin, on the margins of the EU– ASEAN ministerial meeting in Brussels 5/3–6/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 1/6–4/6/2019 Official visit by State Counsellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi
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NATO 21/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, to NATO in Brussels 3/4–4/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Washington, D.C. 31/5–3/6/2019 Participation by the Senators and Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament in the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bratislava 11/10–14/10/2019 Participation by the members of the Permanent Delegation of the Czech Parliament, headed by Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Josef Hájek, in the 65th annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London 20/11/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels 3/12–4/12/2019 Participation by a delegation of the Czech Republic, headed by the Czech President, Miloš Zeman, in the meeting of NATO Presidents and Prime Ministers in London NETHERLANDS 6/3/2019 Working visit by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stef Blok 28/3–30/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staňek, on the occasion of the Comenius Day 26/8/2019 Working visit by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stef Blok 2/4–5/4/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Social Policy of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Vice-Chair, Lucie Šafránková 2/9–6/9/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Miroslav Antl 2/12–3/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, in the 18th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in The Hague NEW ZEALAND 13/10–15/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 17/11–21/11/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice- President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Vojtěch Pikal NIGERIA 10/6–12/6/2019 Participation by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Kryl, in the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as the President of Nigeria
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NORWAY 8/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 20/5–23/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Petitions of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Helena Válková 27/6/2019 Meeting of the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, with the Norwegian State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jens Frølich Holte, on the margins of the conference on Ukraine in Ottawa 9/11/2019 Working visit by the First Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Norwegian Parliament, Michael Tetzschner OMAN 25/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the Omani Deputy Prime Minister, Sayyid Assad bin Tariq al-Said, on the margins of the EU-League of Arab States (LAS) summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 24/3–28/3/2019 Official visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, with a business mission 12/4–15/4/2019 Working visit by the Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah 22/10/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the Omani Deputy Prime Minister, Sayyid Assad bin Tariq al-Said, on the margins of the Enthronement Ceremony of the Japanese Emperor in Tokyo ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) 13/2–15/2/2019 Participation by a delegation of the Czech Parliament in the OECD Parliamentary Days in Paris 30/4/2019 Participation by the Director-General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), William D. Magwood, in the 14th European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) in Prague 22/5–23/5/2019 Participation by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl, in the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) 5/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký, in the Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region in Bratislava 27/3/2019 Meeting of the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, with the Secretary General of the OSCE, Thomas Greminger, in Vienna 9/7/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the meeting of the OSCE Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Štrbské Pleso 11/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the opening session of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the OSCE under the Czech Chairmanship in Vienna 11/9–13/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Minister for Foreign and Page | 59
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European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, and the Secretary General of the OSCE, Thomas Greminger, in the concluding meeting of the 27th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum in Prague 5/10–6/10/2019 Participation by a joint delegation of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, in the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Marrakesh 5/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the 26th OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava PÁKISTÁN 23/6–30/6/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the members of the Interparliamentary Friendship Group Czech Republic – Islamic Republic of Pakistan, headed by the Member of Parliament, Daniel Pawlas PALESTINE 8/6–9/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 7/7–8/7/2019 Working visit by the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Al- Malki, PERU 8/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 7/4–9/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, with a business delegation 11/5–18/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Budgetary Control of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice- President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Tomáš Hanzel, accompanied by the President of the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic, Miroslav Kala 29/10/2019 Working visit by the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Žáček PHILIPPINES 21/1/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., on the margins of the EU– ASEAN ministerial meeting in Brussels 5/12–9/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa POLAND 10/1/2019 Working visit by the Polish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk 27/1/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Petr Očko, in a ministerial meeting with the CEO of Google in Warsaw 12/3/2019 Participation by the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jacek Czaputowicz, and the Polish Minister of Page | 60
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National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to NATO in Prague 13/2–14/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, and participation in the Ministerial Conference on Middle East in Warsaw 28/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, with the Polish Minister of the Environment, Henryk Kowalczyk, in Prague 4/4–5/4/2019 Participation of the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, in the Bucharest (B9) Format Defence Ministers' meeting in Warsaw 15/4–18/4/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Pavel Fischer 6/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Jiří Šír 14/5–15/5/2019 Official visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera 21/5–24/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Defence and the Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by Jana Černochová 25/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Culture, Kateřina Kalistová 4/6– 5/6/2019 Participation by the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Tomáš Hanzel, in the Central and Eastern European Parliament Speakers´ Summit in Warsaw 4/6–6/6/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Mandate and Parliamentary Privilege of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Ivo Bárek 10/6–11/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Petr Očko 28/8/2019 Czech-Polish intergovernmental consultation held in Warsaw, with the participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, and the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki 31/8–1/9/2019 Working visit by the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, and participation in the memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Warsaw 3/9–6/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Defence, Filip Říha, in the 27th International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce 9/9–10/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl, in the Regional and Economic Diplomacy Summit in Warsaw 4/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, and participation in the funeral service for Kornel Morawiecki 24/10–25/10/2019 Working visit by the Polish Minister of Defence, Marek Lapiński 17/11/2019 Participation by the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, in the celebrations to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague
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10/12–12/12/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Health Care of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Věra Adámková PORTUGAL 24/4/2019 Working visit by the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Teresa Ribeiro 29/4/2019 Reception of a delegation of former Portuguese students from 1989 by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 16/5–17/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký, to attend the Ocean Conference in Lisbon 5/11/2019 Participation by the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague QATAR 29/10–30/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček ROMANIA 15/3/2019 Working visit by the Romanian Prime Minister, Viorica Dăncilă 17/5–19/5/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 18/8–23/8/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký, to the Banat RUSSIA 5/3–6/3/2019 Participation by the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, in the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation in Prague 27/4/2019 Meeting of the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on the margins of the “Belt and Road Forum” in Beijing 27/8–28/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Marian Piecha, to attend the International Aviation and Space Exhibition MAKS- 2019, in Moscow 7/10–13/10/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Economic Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Radim Fiala 20/10–23/10/2019 Working visit by the Standing Senate Commission on Media of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the 1st Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Miluše Horská 25/11–28/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman 25/11–27/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Kryl 30/11–4/12/2019 Working visit by the Chair of the Committee on Health Care of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Věra Adámková
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RWANDA 21/1/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Richard Sezibera, on the margins of the European Union-African Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Brussels 7/4/2019 Participation by the representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel Kovanda, in the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide in Kigali SAUDI ARABIA 25/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on the margins of the EU-League of Arab States (LAS) summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 10/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch SENEGAL 17/1/2019 Working visit by the Senegalese Minister of Air Transport and Airport Infrastructure Development, Maïmouna Ndoye Seck SERBIA 6/3/2019 Working visit by the President of the National Assembly of Serbia, Maja Gojković 18/3–22/3/ 2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Václav Klaus Jr. 4/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková 10/4–11/4/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček 23/4/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić 9/5–11/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman 16/8–17/8/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 10/9–12/9/2019 Official visit by the Czech President, Miloš Zeman 12/9/2019 Working visit by the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić 2/10–3/10/2019 Official visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček 13/10–14/10/2019 Working visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, to attend the meeting of the Inter- Parliamentary Union 16/10–17/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the Belgrade Security Forum in Belgrade
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SEYCHELLES 20/5/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, with the Seychellois Minister of Health, Jean-Paul Adam, on the margins of the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva SINGAPORE 14/1–15/1/2019 Official visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, accompanied by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková, the Deputy Chairman of the Governmental Research, Development, and Innovation Council, Karel Havlíček, and a business mission 1/4–2/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Kryl 2/9–5/9/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Miloslav Stašek 14/12/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, on the margins of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting in Madrid SLOVAKIA 29/1/2019 Working visit by the Slovak President, Andrej Kiska, to receive the Great Gold Medal of Masaryk University in Brno 29/1/2019 Participation by the State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, František Ružička, in the negotiations of the National Coordinators of the Austerlitz Format in Prague 6/2/2019 Official visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, to Slovakia (first foreign trip following his election as the President of the Senate) 28/2/2019 Participation by the Czech President, Miloš Zeman, in the meeting of the presidents of the Bucharest Nine countries (B9) in Košice 12/3/2019 Working visit by the Slovak President, Andrej Kiska, the Slovak Minister of Defence, Peter Gajdoš, and the State Secretary of the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry, Lukáš Parízek, to attend the ceremonial commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary joining the NATO 13/3/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry, Lukáš Parízek 8/4–10/4/2019 Working visit by the members of the Committee on the Budget of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, to attend bilateral consultations with the partner Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic 9/4–11/4/2019 Working visit by the members of the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, to attend bilateral consultations with the partner Committees of the National Council of the Slovak Republic 30/4/2019 Participation by the Slovak Prime Minister, Peter Pellegrini, in the 14th European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) in Prague
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3/5–4/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, to attend bilateral consultations and an act of reverence to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik 15/5/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 29/5/2019 Working visit by the Slovak Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák 30/5/2019 Official visit by the Slovak President, Andrej Kiska (last foreign trip as President) 6/6–8/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the conference on global security GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum in Bratislava 7/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the conference on global security GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum in Bratislava 8/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, and the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, in the conference on global security GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum in Bratislava 20/6/2019 Official visit by the Slovak President, Zuzana Čaputová, to the Czech Republic (first foreign trip following her election as President) 27/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch 3/7–4/7/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 2/8/2019 Working visit by the President of the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic, Miroslav Kala, and the Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Roman Kubíček 2/8–3/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček, to attend the Slovak International Air Festival (SIAF) in Sliač 29/8/2019 Working visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Aleš Opata, to attend the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica 3/9–6/9/2019 Working visit by the members of the Standing Senate Commission on Rural Development of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 16/9–17/9/2019 Meeting of the President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Danko, and the members of the Parliamentary Group of Friends of the Czech Republic in the National Council of the Slovak Republic, with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, and the members of the Parliamentary Group of Friends of Slovakia in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament in Lednice 16/9–18/9/2019 Working visit by the members of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament
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23/9/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký, to attend the celebrations of the 30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Bratislava 30/9/2019 Working visit by the members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 1/10–3/10/2019 Working visit by the members of the Mandate and Immunity Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and the members of the Committee on Mandate and Parliamentary Privilege of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 8/10–11/10/2019 Working visit by the members of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 24/10–25/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, and participation in the 10th Slovak-Czech Discussion Forum in Bratislava 28/10/2019 Participation by the President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Danko, in the ceremony of awarding the state decorations in the Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle 5/11/2019 Participation by the Slovak Prime Minister, Peter Pellegrini, in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague 11/11/2019 Joint Session of the Governments of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in Valtice 16/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech President, Miloš Zeman, the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, and the Czech Minister for the Regional Development, Klára Dostálová, to attend the opening of the Czech House in Bratislava 17/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Bratislava 16/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil SLOVENIA 24/4/2019 Working visit by the President of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia, Alojz Kovšca 19/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 5/6–6/6/2019 Participation by the Czech President, Miloš Zeman, in the 4th summit of the Three Seas Initiative in Ljubljana SPAIN 24/1/2019 Working visit by the Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pascual Ignacio Navarro Ríos 28/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 17/3–21/3/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Health and Social Policy of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 25/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa
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5/6–6/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl 4/11–5/11/2019 Working visit by the Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, Luis Marco Aguiriano Nalda, and participation in the Friends of Cohesion Summit in Prague 26/11–28/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Transport Tomáš Čoček, to attend the Ministerial Meeting of the European Space Agency in Seville 3/12–4/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Grmelová 5/12–10/12/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Standing Senate Commission on Compatriots Living Abroad of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 16/12/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa SWEDEN 19/3–20/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech deputy Minister of Defence, Jakub Landovský 1/4/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, on the margins of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Nordic countries, the Baltic States (NB8) and the Visegrad group in Palanga 9/4/2019 Working visit by the Chief of Staff of the Swedish Army, Major-General Karl Engelbrektson 9/4/2019 Meeting of the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, with the President of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén, on the margins of the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments in Vienna 13/5–17/5/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Environment of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Dana Balcarová 30/5–31/5/2019 Working visit by the Swedish Minister of Defence, Peter Hultqvist 10/6/2019 Working visit by the Swedish Minister for EU Affairs, Hans Dahlgren 9/9/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 26/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl, with the Swedish Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation, Ibrahim Baylan, on the margins of the meeting of the Competitiveness Council (COMPET) in Brussels 14/10/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ann Linde, on the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg 25/10/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, with the Swedish Minister of Defence, Peter Hultqvist, on the margins of the NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels 6/11/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, in the informal meeting of the Borsig group in Stockholm
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2/4–4/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Martina Štěpánková, in the informal summit on gender equality of the so- called Stockholm Initiative in Stockholm SWITZERLAND 19/5–25/5/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Public Administration, Regional Development and the Environment of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 2/6–6/6/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions of the Senate of the Czech Parliament 17/10–19/10/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Energy Security of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Václav Bartuška THAILAND 15/1–17/1/2019 Official visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 17/11–19/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar 15/12/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs, Don Pramudwinai, on the margins of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting in Madrid TUNISIA 13/2–16/2/2019 Working visit by the Tunisian Minister of Tourism, René Trabelsi 16/4–17/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Marian Piecha, and participation in the Czech-Tunisian Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation in Tunis 7/8–10/8/2019 Working visit by the Czech Police President, Jan Švejdar TURKEY 28/4–3/5/2019 Working visit by the Committee on the Budget of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 12/6–14/6/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa 2/9–4/9//2019 Official visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 17/10/2019 Working visit by the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, to attend the meeting of the Czech-Turkish Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation in Prague UKRAINE 28/1–29/1/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to Kiev and the Donetsk region 8/4–11/4/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by Lubomír Zaorálek 29/4/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Head of the National Police of Ukraine, Vyacheslav Abroskin 3/5/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Vasyl Bodnar Page | 68
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20/5/2019 Working visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, to Kiev and participation in the inauguration ceremony of the President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy 27/5–31/5/2019 Working visit by the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Mykola Kuzio 24/6–27/6/2019 Working visit by the Committee on Public Administration, Regional Development and the Environment of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jan Horník, to the Transcarpathian region 6/9–9/9/2019 Working visit by the Standing Senate Commission on Rural Development of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jan Horník, to the Transcarpathian and Lviv regions 25/9/2019 Meeting of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the margins of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York 18/11–19/11/2019 Official visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 5/12/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vadym Prystaiko, on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Bratislava UN 21/2–23/2/2019 Working visit by the members of the Permanent Delegation to the Inter- Parliamentary Union of the Czech Parliament, Ondřej Polanský and Zuzana Majerová Zahradníková, and participation in the Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations in New York 25/2–26/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva 25/2/2019 Meeting of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on the margins of the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva 26/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Yemen Pledging Conference organized by the United Nations in Geneva 11/3–15/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Jana Maláčová, accompanied by the Czech deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Martina Štěpánková, to the USA, and participation in the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York 14/3/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, in the Ministerial Segment of the 62nd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna 28/3–29/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech deputy Minister of Defence, Jakub Landovský, to attend the 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial on Uniformed Capabilities, Performance and Protection in New York Page | 69
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31/3–3/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, to the United Nations in New York 9/4–10/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Health, Radek Policar, in the Inaugural World Health Organization partners forum in Stockholm 5/7–7/7/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Culture, Petra Smolíková, in the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee – UNESCO in Baku 17/9–18/9/2019 Participation by the Chair of the State Office for Nuclear Safety, Dana Drábová, in the 63rd International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna 22/9–28/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, accompanied by the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, and the Czech Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, in the opening of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, and participation in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the Climate Action Summit in New York 22/9–29/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, and the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York 2/10–4/10/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Daniela Grabműllerová, in the 80th session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management of the Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva 2/12/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, accompanied by the Czech Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, in the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Madrid UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 16/2–19/2/2019 Working visit by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Jan Sixta, to support the official participation of the Czech Republic in the international agricultural exhibition Gulfood 2019 in Dubai 16/2–19/2/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, to attend the exhibition for public security and armaments IDEX - International Defence Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi 6/10–10/10/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Transport Tomáš Čoček, to attend the 26th World Road Congress organized by PIARC (World Road Association) in Abu UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 5/2–6/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Washington, D.C. 20/2–22/2/2019 Official visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 5/3–8/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš 7/3–10/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Smolek, and participation in the opening ceremony of the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Philadelphia Page | 70
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25/3–28/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Petr Očko 31/3–6/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, to Washington, D.C. 31/3–2/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Defence, Jakub Landovský, in the strategic dialogue of the Ministries of Defence in Washington, D.C. 2/4–5/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček 30/4–2/5/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staněk 2/5–5/5/2019 Working visit by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, and a delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 18/5–23/5/2019 Working visit by a group of Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament to Washington, D.C., organized by American Friends of the Czech Republic 30/5–5/6/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 9/6–11/6/2019 Participation by the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, Andrea Thompson, in the Space Security Conference in Prague 30/5–1/6/2019 Participation by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, and Senator, Tomáš Czernín, in the 8th Annual Conference of Czech Schools of North America in Pittsburgh 11/7–14/7/2019 Working visit by the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, David Hale, to Prague 16/7–19/7/2019 Participation by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, in the Ministerial Conference to Advance Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C. 22/9–23/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the CEPA Forum in Washington, D.C., and working visit to Miami 22/9–27/9/2019 Working visit by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, accompanied by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček, the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, and the Czech Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec 14/10–18/10/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vladimír Bärtl, to attend the economic and trade dialogue in Washington, D.C. 20/10–24/10/2019 Working visit by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera 20/10–24/10/2019 Working visit by a delegation of the Czech Academy of Sciences, headed by the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Eva Zažímalová 30/10–31/10/2019 Participation by the Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs, Philip Reeker, in the Transatlantic Policy Forum in Prague 4/11–7/11/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Povejšil, in the 9th Czech – U. S. Strategic Dialogue in Washington, D.C. 4/11–8/11/2019 Working visit by the Head of the National Office for Cyber and Information Security, Dušan Navrátil, to Washington, D.C. Page | 71
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18/11–22/11/2019 Working visit by the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Tomáš Hanzel, accompanied by a delegation of the Committee on Defence and Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament 19/11–30/11/2019 Working visit by the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jiří Krátký 10/12–12/12/ 2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar URUGUAY 29/5–1/6/2019 Working visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa UZBEKISTAN 8/4–9/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Marta Nováková 23/9–24/9/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laziz Kudratov 24/10/2019 Working visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Akhatov VIETNAM 25/1/2019 Bilateral meeting of the Prime Ministers, Andrej Babiš, and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos 13/3–15/3/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký 16/4–17/4/2019 Official visit by the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc 10/6–13/6/2019 Working visit by the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Vojtěch Filip, and a delegation of the Committee on Health Care of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, headed by the Committee Chair, Věra Adámková 28/9–1/10/2019 Working visit by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Czech Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček, and the Czech Police President, Jan Švejdar, with a delegation 22/10/2019 Bilateral meeting of the Prime Ministers, Andrej Babiš, and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, on the margins of the Enthronement Ceremony of the Japanese Emperor in Tokyo 21/11–22/11/2019 Working visit by the Czech Minister of the Environment, Richard Brabec, with a delegation and a business mission VISEGRAD COOPERATION 22/1–23/1/2019 Participation by the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Pavel Fischer, and members of the Committee on Defence and Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, in the meeting of the Defence and Security Committees of the V4 Parliaments in Bratislava
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7/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, in the meeting of the Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group countries with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Bratislava 13/2–14/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, in the meeting of the Ministers of Health of the V4 countries and Lithuania in Warsaw 20/2–21/2/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, in the meeting of the V4 Ministers of Health in Vysoké Tatry 25/2–26/2/2019 Participation by the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Parliament and the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, in the meeting of the Foreign Committees of the V4 Parliaments in Bratislava 6/2/2019 Coordination meeting of the State Secretaries for European Affairs (Sherpas) in Berlin 10/3/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, with the V4 Prime Ministers in the celebrations of the 20th Anniversary of the Visegrad countries’ accession to NATO in Warsaw 12/3/2019 Meeting of the Deputy Ministers in the V4 Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Ministries of Defence format in Prague 12/3–13/3/2019 Meeting on the joint marketing of tourism of the V4 countries at the level of State Secretaries of the Ministries of Transport in Vysoké Tatry 24/3–25/3/2019 Participation by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, and the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Štěch, in the meeting of the Presidents and Speakers of V4 Parliaments and the Benelux Union in Piešťany 1/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Nordic countries, the Baltic States (NB8) and the Visegrad group in Palanga 18/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting of the V4 countries and France in Bratislava 25/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, in the meeting of the Prime Ministers of the V4 countries and Japan in Bratislava 30/4/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting of the V4 countries and Turkey in Bratislava 6/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting of the V4 countries and the Eastern Partnership countries in Bratislava 8/5–9/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Toman, in the meeting of Agriculture Ministers of V4+Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and France in Stará Lesná 13/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, in the meeting of the Defence Ministers of the V4 countries, France and Germany in Brussels Page | 73
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16/5–17/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Justice, Marie Benešová, in the meeting of the Justice Ministers of the V4 countries, Croatia and Slovenia in Vrakúň 21/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Transport, Vladimír Kremlík, in the meeting of the V4 Ministers of Transport in Bratislava 28/5/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting of the V4 countries and the Western Balkans countries in Bratislava 7/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting of the V4 countries and South Korea, on the margins of the GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava 10/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Defence, Lubomír Metnar, in the meeting of the Defence Ministers of the V4 countries with the partners of Central European Defence Cooperation in Bratislava 10/6–11/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Culture, Antonín Staněk, in the meeting of the V4 Ministers of Culture in Vígľaš 10/6–11/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of the Environment, Lubomír Brabec, in the meeting of the Ministers of the Environment of the V4countries, Romania and Bulgaria in Vysoké Tatry 12/6–13/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, in the meeting of European Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the V4 countries in Bratislava 16/6–18/6/2019 Participation by the members of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament in the meeting of the European Affairs Committees of the V4 Parliaments and the Parliament of Serbia in Bratislava 21/6/2019 Participation by the Czech Deputy Minister of the Interior, Jakub Kulhánek, in the meeting of the V4 Ministers of the Interior in Bratislava 27/6–28/6/2019 Participation by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Radek Vondráček, and the Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jiří Oberfalzer, in the informal meeting of the Presidents and Speakers of the V4 Parliaments in Poprad 5/9/2019 Meeting of the V4 Chiefs of Staff in Štiřín 5/9–6/9/2019 Meeting of the V4 State Secretaries for European Affairs (Sherpas) in Prague 12/9/ 2019 Meeting of the Prime Ministers of the V4 countries and the Western Balkans countries in Prague 18/9–20/9/2019 Meeting of the V4 Defence Ministers on the margins of the NATO Days in Ostrava 23/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the meeting of the V4 Foreign Affairs Ministers within the CEPA Forum in Washington, D.C. 23/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the informal meeting of the V4 Foreign Affairs Ministers on the margins of the UN General Assembly before the EU Foreign Affairs Council in New York Page | 74
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3/10–4/10/2019 Meeting of the Presidents of the V4 countries, Serbia, and Slovenia in Lány 4/10/2019 Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of the V4 countries and Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Romania, and Slovenia in Prague 4/11/2019 Participation by the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Jaroslav Kubera, in the meeting of the Parliaments of the V4 countries and South-Eastern Europe in Budapest 5/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 Prime Ministers in Prague 5/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 Senior Body in the format of the V4 Deputy Defence Ministers and Defence State Secretaries in Prague 12/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 Ministers of Health with the representatives of the World Health Organization in Prague 12/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs on the margins of the Employment Forum in Olomouc 17/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 Prime Ministers with the President of the German Federal Parliament, Wolfgang Schäuble, and the Saxon Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer, in Prague 17/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 Prime Ministers on the occasion of the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the November Revolution in Bratislava 21/11/2019 Meeting of the Ministers of the Interior of the V4 countries and Austria on the topic of internal security and migration in Prague 27/11/2019 Meeting of the V4 State Secretaries for European Affairs with the State Secretary for European Affairs of France, Amélie de Montchalin, in Prague 2/12/2019 Informal meeting of the V4 Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Prague 8/12/2019 Participation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Tomáš Petříček, in the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the V4 countries and the Benelux Union on the margins of the EU Foreign Affairs Council WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (WBCSD) 15/4/2019 Working visit by the President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Peter Bakker, to Prague WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) 24/1–25/1/2019 Participation by the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 23/9/2019 Participation by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tomáš Petříček, in the Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2019, organized by the World Economic Forum on the margins of the UN General Assembly WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) 17/12/2019 Consultations of the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleš Chmelař, with the partners from the World Trade Organization in Prague
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ZAMBIA 9/4–13/4/2019 Working visit by the Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa, and participation in the Agricultural Exhibition AgriTech Expo 2019 in Chisamba
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Annex 2 – Embassies of the Czech Republic (31/12/2019) Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Afghanistan, Islamic Filip VURM CDA a.i. Ambassador Jiří BALOUN Republic of Kabul 21/7/2019 from 9/1/2019 Albania, Republic of Jaroslav LUDVA Ambassador Tirana 1/11/2016 8/2/2017 Algeria, People’s Democratic Lenka POKORNÁ Ambassador Republic of Algiers Competence: Algeria 15/3/2018 10/7/2019 Mali 9/5/2018 Argentine Republic Karel BERAN Ambassador Buenos Aires Competence: Argentina 10/6/2016 27/9/2016 Paraguay 12/9/2016 26/9/2017 Uruguay 11/8/2016 20/3/2018 Armenia, Republic of Bedřich KOPECKÝ Ambassador Yerevan 18/4/2019 18/7/2019 Australia, Commonwealth of Tomáš DUB Ambassador Canberra Competence: Australia 9/7/2018 20/3/2019 Cook Islands 1/8/2018 18/4/2019 Fiji 3/9/2018 20/3/2019 New Zealand 24/9/2018 Samoa 21/1/2019 Solomon Islands 3/8/2019 Vanuatu Tonga Austria, Republic of Ivana Ambassador Vienna ČERVENKOVÁ 7/4/2017 16/4/2018 Azerbaijan, Republic of Milan EKERT Ambassador Baku 10/5/2018 3/10/2018 Belarus, Republic of Tomáš PERNICKÝ Ambassador Minsk 6/7/2018 21/1/2019 Belgium, Kingdom of Pavel KLUCKÝ Ambassador Brussels 26/3/2018 31/1/2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina Jakub SKALNÍK Ambassador Sarajevo 23/12/2014 25/2/2015
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Brazil, Federative Republic Sandra LANG LIN- Ambassador of KENSEDEROVÁ Brasília Competence: Brazil 1/3/2018 10/12/2018 Guyana 25/9/2018 Surinam 18/1/2019 20/11/2019 Bulgaria, Republic of Lukáš KAUCKÝ Ambassador Sofia 12/7/2019 8/10/2019 Cambodia, Kingdom of Vlastimil TESAŘ CDA a. i. Ambassa- from Phnom Penh dor 18/4/2017 accredited from Thailand Canada Bořek LIZEC Ambassador Ottawa 10/5/2019 9/9/2019 Chile, Republic of Josef HLOBIL Ambassador Santiago de Chile Competence: Chile 19/3/2018 7/5/2019 Bolivia 23/5/2018 3/7/2019 China, People’s Republic of Klára JURČOVÁ CDA a. i. Beijing Colombia, Republic of Kateřina Ambassador LUKEŠOVÁ Bogotá Competence: Columbia 20/5/2019 19/9/2019 Costa Rica 13/8/2019 Panama 21/6/2019 Croatia, Republic of Vladimír ZAVÁZAL Ambassador Zagreb 29/2/2016 19/7/2016 Cuba, Republic of Vladimír Ambassador
EISENBRUK Havana Competence: Cuba 21/7/2016 27/10/2016 Bahamas 14/12/2017 15/2/2018 Barbados 8/8/2017 1/3/2018 Dominica 11/4/2017 16/11/2018 Dominican Republic 13/9/2016 27/3/2018 Grenada 15/6/2017 17/5/2018 Haiti 20/4/2017 8/11/2017 Saint Lucia 12/2/2018 12/7/2018 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27/3/2017 6/10/2017 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30/3/2017 20/11/2017 Trinidad and Tobago 20/9/2017 16/11/2017 Venezuela 21/3/2017
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Cyprus, Republic of Helena Ambassador Nicosia BAMBASOVÁ 23/1/2015 30/4/2015 Denmark, Kingdom of Radek PECH Ambassador Copenhagen 3/4/2017 29/9/2017 Egypt, Arab Republic of Jan FULÍK Ambassador Cairo Competence: Egypt 22/7/2018 12/3/2019 Eritrea 14/9/2018 Sudan 3/10/2018 Estonia, Republic of Gabriela Ambassador Tallinn TOMÁNKOVÁ 21/7/2016 12/1/2017 Ethiopia, Federal Pavel MIKEŠ Ambassador
Democratic Republic of Addis Ababa Competence: Ethiopia 5/4/2018 17/10/2018 Comoros 7/6/2018 18/3/2019 Djibouti 11/5/2018 Seychelles 17/10/2018 26/3/2019 Somalia South Sudan 21/10/2018 Commission of the African Union UN Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA) Finland, Republic of Ivan JUKL Ambassador Helsinki 7/6/2016 8/11/2016 French Republic František MED CDA a.i. Ambassador Michal FLEISCHMANN Paris from 10/1/2019 Competence: France Monaco UNESCO Georgia Petr MIKYSKA Ambassador Tbilisi 26/2/2019 3/7/2019 Germany, Federal Republic Tomáš Ambassador of PODIVÍNSKÝ Berlin 27/10/2014 8/1/2015 Ghana, Republic of Lukáš KINDL CDA a.i. Accra Competence: Ghana Burkina Faso Côte d’Ivoire Guinea-Bissau Liberia Sierra Leone Page | 79
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Togo Hellenic Republic Milan FISCHER CDA a.i. Athens Holy See Václav KOLAJA Ambassador Vatican Competence: Holy See 10/1/2018 6/9/2018 San Marino 29/1/2018 10/10/2018 Sovereign Military Order of 1/2/2018 21/9/2018 Malta Hungary Tibor BIAL Ambassador Budapest 28/5/2019 2/9/2019 India, Republic of Milan HOVORKA Ambassador New Delhi Competence: India 20/5/2015 28/9/2015 Bangladesh 24/11/2015 27/6/2016 Bhutan 18/8/2015 5/12/2015 Maldives 13/9/2015 9/3/2016 Nepal 23/11/2015 2/6/2016 Sri Lanka 27/11/2015 11/1/2016 Indonesia, Republic of Ivan HOTĚK Ambassador Jakarta Competence: Indonesia 31/8/2015 13/11/2015 Brunei 2/11/2015 29/11/2016 East Timor 20/4/2016 15/6/2016 Singapore 5/11/2015 30/6/2016 ASEAN Iraq, Republic of Martin VÍTEK Ambassador Baghdad 19/8/2018 8/1/2019 Iran, Islamic Republic of Martin SKLÁDAL CDA a.i. Teheran Ireland Petr KYNŠTETR Ambassador Dublin 20/9/2017 13/3/2018 Israel, State of Martin Ambassador
STROPNICKÝ Tel Aviv 6/8/2018 8/11/2018 Italian Republic Hana HUBÁČKOVÁ Ambassador Rom Competence: Italy 3/8/2015 19/10/2015 Malta 31/8/2015 5/11/2015 Japan Martin TOMČO Ambassador Tokyo 4/4/2019 7/6/2019 Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom Josef KOUTSKÝ Ambassador of Amman 11/3/2018 29/11/2018
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Kazakhstan, Republic of Rudolf HYKL Ambassador
Nur-Sultan Competence: Kazakhstan 5/7/2018 6/2/2019 Kyrgyzstan Kenya, Republic of Martin KLEPETKO Ambassador Nairobi Competence: Kenya 20/5/2019 3/9/2019 Burundi 11/10/2019 Rwanda 11/10/2019 Tanzania 20/8/2019 Uganda 21/8/2019 UNEP UN HABITAT Korea, Democratic People’s Radim PECL Ambassador
Republic of Pyongyang 24/7/2018 27/2/2019 Korea, Republic of Gustáv SLAMEČKA Ambassador Seoul 30/4/2018 14/11/2019 Kosovo, Republic of Pavel BÍLEK CDA a. i. from
Pristina 26/11/2018 Kuwait, State of Martin DVOŘÁK Ambassador Kuwait City Competence: Kuwait 2/4/2017 3/10.2017 Qatar 29/3/2017 11/10/2017 Latvia, Republic of Jana HYNKOVÁ Ambassador Riga 16/5/2019 5/11/2019 Lebanese Republic Michaela Ambassador Beirut FROŇKOVÁ 28/7/2016 18/11/2016 Libya, State of Closed from Tunis (temporarily from 31/8/2019 1/4/2015) Lithuania, Republic of Vít KORSELT Ambassador Vilnius 5/3/2018 15/10/2018 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy Kateřina CDA a. i. of STERNBERGOVÁ Luxembourg Malaysia Milan HUPCEJ Ambassador Kuala Lumpur Competence: Malaysia 18/12/2018 21/3/2019 Kiribati Papua New Guinea Tuvalu
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Mali Robert KOPECKÝ CDA a. i. Ambassa- Bamako dor accredited from Algeria Competence: Mali United Mexican States Zdeněk KUBÁNEK Ambassador Mexico City Competence: Mexico 15/3/2018 26/8/2019 Belize 31/8/2018 Guatemala 19/9/2018 Honduras 17/5/2018 Nicaragua 4/4/2018 15/5/2019 Salvador 7/5/2018 Montenegro Karel URBAN Ambassador Podgorica 25/05/2017 20/10/2017 Morocco, Kingdom of Viktor LORENC Ambassador Rabat Competence: Morocco 21/9/2016 6/1/2017 Mauritania 30/10/2017 13/3/2018 Moldova, Republic of Zdeněk KREJČÍ Ambassador Chisinau 11/1/2016 28/4/2016 Mongolia Jiří BRODSKÝ Ambassador Ulaanbaatar 21/4/2017 22/9/2017 Myanmar, Republic of the Hana MOTTLOVÁ Ambassador
Union of Yangon 3/6/2019 13/11/2019
Netherlands, Kingdom of Kateřina Ambassador the SEQUENSOVÁ The Hague 18/7/2019 11/9/2019 Nigeria, Federal Republic of Marek SKOLIL Ambassador Abuja Competence: Nigeria 3/8/2018 6/12/2018 Benin 24/9/2018 Cameroon 25/6/2018 Central African Republic Chad 30/8/2018 Equatorial Guinea Democratic Republic of the 19/9/2018 Congo Gabon Republic of the Congo 19/11/2018 Niger 26/9/2018 Page | 82
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented North Macedonia, Republic Miroslav TOMAN Ambassador of Skopje 19/5/2017 17/10/2017 Norway, Kingdom of Jaroslav KNOT Ambassador Oslo Competence: Norway 12/8/2016 19/1/2017 Island 12/9/2016 23/5/2017 Pakistan, Islamic Republic Tomáš SMETÁNKA Ambassador of Islamabad 30/5/2019 7/11/2019 Peru, Republic of Michal SEDLÁČEK Ambassador Lima Competence: Peru 25/4/2019 11/12/2019 Ecuador 6/5/2019 Philippines, Republic of Jana ŠEDIVÁ Ambassador Manila Competence: Philippines 27/7/2018 15/1/2019 Marshall Islands 16/8/2018 30/9/2019 Micronesia 31/8/2018 Nauru 8/10/2019 Palau 14/2/2019 Poland, Republic of Ivan JESTŘÁB Ambassador Warsaw 30/6/2017 7/11/2017 Portuguese Republic Petr ŠELEPA Ambassador Lisbon Competence: Portugal 23/8/2017 24/1/2018 Cape Verde 26/6/2018 6/2/2019 São Tomé and Príncipe 2/3/2018 20/2/2019 CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries) Romania Vladimír VÁLKY Ambassador Bucharest 18/7/2014 29/1/2015
Russian Federation Vítězslav PIVOŇKA Ambassador Moscow 30/1/2018 11/10/2018 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Juraj KOUDELKA Ambassador Riyadh Competence: Saudi Arabia 25/3/2018 25/11/2018 Bahrain 24/4/2018 15/10/2019 Oman 2/5/2018 Yemen 10/1/2019 17/2/2019
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Senegal, Republic of Miloslav Ambassador Dakar MACHÁLEK Competence: Senegal 24/4/2017 17/10/2017 Gambia Guinea Serbia, Republic of Tomáš KUCHTA Ambassador Belgrade 13/3/2018 10/9/2018 Slovak Republic Tomáš TUHÝ Ambassador Bratislava 11/9/2018 28/11/2018 Slovenia Juraj CHMIEL Ambassador Ljubljana 27/3/2018 19/6/2019 South Africa, Republic of Pavel ŘEZÁČ Ambassador Pretoria Competence: Republic of South Africa 1/7/2019 Angola Botswana 18/9/2019 3/12/2019 Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Mauritius 20/11/2019 Mozambique Namibia Spain, Kingdom of Ivan JANČÁREK Ambassador Madrid Competence: Spain 24/4/2018 13/9/2018 Andorra 27/6/2018 12/4/2019 Sweden, Kingdom of Jiří ŠITLER Ambassador Stockholm 22/10/2015 5/2/2016 Swiss Confederation Kateřina FIALKOVÁ Ambassador Bern Competence: Switzerland 16/5/2019 5/9/2019 Liechtenstein 5/6/2019 21/11/2019 Syrian Arab Republic Eva FILIPI Ambassador Damascus 10/6/2010 7/10/2010 Thailand, Kingdom of Marek LIBŘICKÝ Ambassador Bangkok Competence: Thailand 27/9/2016 26/11/2017 Cambodia 22/11/2016 13/6/2017 Laos 4/1/2017 4/5/2017
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Country Head of Mission Position Agrément Credentials granted presented Ukraine Radek MATULA Ambassador Kiev 14/11/2016 2/3/2017 United Arab Emirates Jiří SLAVÍK Ambassador Abu Dhabi 6/6/2018 3/3/2019 United Kingdom of Great Libor SEČKA Ambassador Britain and Northern Ireland London 16/11/2015 2/3/2016 United States of America Hynek KMONÍČEK Ambassador Washington, D.C. Competence: USA 27/2/2017 24/4/2017 Antigua and Barbuda 13/4/2017 21/11/2017 Jamaica 12/6/2017 29/5/2018 Uzbekistan, Republic of Jaroslav SIRO Ambassador Tashkent Competence: Uzbekistan 29/6/2016 2/5/2017 Tajikistan 25/7/2016 22/11/2016 Turkmenistan 12/7/2016 23/5/2017 Vietnam, Socialist Republic Vítězslav GREPL Ambassador of Hanoi 15/7/2016 8/3/2017 Zambia, Republic of Radek RUBEŠ Ambassador Lusaka Competence: Zambia 27/1/2016 26/4/2017 Malawi 3/7/2017 21/2/2019 Zimbabwe 15/6/2017 10/5/2018
Note: Missions headed by Ambassadors and Chargés d’Affaires
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Annex 3 – Permanent Missions of the Czech Republic (31/12/2019) Organisation Head of Mission Position In office since Council of Europe Emil RUFFER Ambassador, 29/3/2016 Strasbourg Permanent Mission Permanent Representative European Union Jakub DÜRR Ambassador, 24/9/2018 Permanent Representation to the EU, Permanent Brussels Representative NATO Jakub Ambassador, 15/8/2019 Permanent Delegation in Brussels LANDOVSKÝ Permanent Delegate Organisation for Economic Petr Ambassador, 16/1/2017 Cooperation and Development GANDALOVIČ Permanent (OECD) Representative Paris Permanent Mission United Nations Marie Ambassador, 24/7/2016 New York Permanent Mission CHATARDOVÁ Permanent Representative United Nations Office of the UN Petr GAJDUŠEK Ambassador 21/8/2019 and other international Permanent organisations based in Geneva Representative Geneva Permanent Mission United Nations Office of the UN, Ivo ŠRÁMEK Ambassador, 14/9/2018 OSCE and other international Permanent organisations based in Vienna Representative Vienna Permanent Mission
Annex 4 – Consulates General/Consulates of the Czech Republic (31/12/2019)
Head of Consulate In office Country Position General/Consulate since Australian Commonwealth Hana FLANDEROVÁ Consul General 25/1/2016 Sydney Brazil, Federative Republic of Miloš SKLENKA Consul General 16/7/2015 São Paulo Canada Ivan POČUCH Consul General 1/11/2016 Toronto Germany, Federal Republic of Markéta MEISSNEROVÁ Consul General 6/8/2018 Dresden Germany, Federal Republic of Daniel ŽÁRA Consul 31/10/2017 Düsseldorf
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Germany, Federal Republic of Kristina LARISCHOVÁ Consul General 15/8/2017 Munich China, People’s Republic of Jan JUCHELKA Consul General 6/8/2018 Hong Kong China, People’s Republic of Richard KRPAČ Consul General 1/7/2014 Shanghai China, People’s Republic of Karel ŠROL Consul General 4/1/2017 Chengdu Iraq Michal SVOBODA Consul General 15/7/2018 Erbil Italy Jiří KUDĚLA Consul General 17/3/2019 Milan Russia, Federation of Silvia ŠIMKOVIČOVÁ Acting Head From St. Petersburg 1/12/2019 Russia, Federation of Josef MARŠÍČEK Consul General 30/6/2015 Yekaterinburg Turkey, Republic of Jiří ČISTECKÝ Consul General 20/7/2015 Istanbul Ukraine Pavel PEŠEK Consul General 8/9/2016 Lviv United Kingdom of Great Ivo LOSMAN Consul General 8/1/2019 Britain and Northern Ireland Manchester United States of America Jaroslav KANTŮREK Consul General 1/9/2014 Chicago United States of America Pavol ŠEPEĽÁK Consul General 2/11/2015 Los Angeles United States of America Miroslav RAMEŠ Consul General 8/9/2017 New York
Note: For information on consular districts (in Czech), see https://www.mzv.cz/jnp/cz/o_ministerstvu/adresar_diplomatickych_misi/ceske_urady_v_zahranici /index.html
Annex 5 – Consular Offices (July/August 2019) Consular Office Country Location
Consular Office Burgas Bulgaria Burgas Consular Office Rijeka Croatia Rijeka Consular Office Split Croatia Split Consular Office Barcelona Spain Barcelona Note: Consular Offices are open during the peak tourist season.
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Annex 6 – Other Types of Missions (31/12/2019) Mission Head of Mission In office since
Czech Economic and Cultural Patrick RUMLAR 11/9/2018 Office (CECO) Taipei Ramallah Liaison Office Petr STARÝ 19/2/2017
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Annex 7 – Honorary Consulates of the Czech Republic (31/12/2019) Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since Andorra, Principality of Joan TORRES PUIG 4/4/2013 Andorra la Vella Angola, Republic of Manuel MARTINS DA CRUZ 8/5/2018 Luanda Argentine Republic Jorge Daniel VILLALON 28/11/2018 Córdoba Argentine Republic Fabián Raúl MEILÁN 5/4/2002 Mendoza Argentine Republic Enrique Milán JURÁSEK 11/10/2002 Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña Australian Commonwealth Vera Marie HOLT 1/1/2018 Adelaide Australian Commonwealth Francis Edward CARROLL 8/8/2011 Brisbane Australian Commonwealth Milena Růžena MILLS 19/3/2010 Hobart Australian Commonwealth Zdeněk CIHELKA 4/12/2001 Perth Austria, Republic of Ägyd Michael PENGG 13/6/1998 Graz Austria, Republic of Heinrich SCHALLER 9/3/2017 Linz Austria, Republic of Clemens CHWOYKA 16/9/2014 Salzburg Austria, Republic of Alexander SWAROVSKI 1/2/2012 Wattens Bahrain, Kingdom of Georgios ANTONIOU 19/5/2010 Manama Bangladesh, Republic of A. S. M. Mohiuddin MONEM 28/9/2014 Dhaka Belarus, Republic of Vladimir Alyakseevich 10/10/2012 Brest MIKULICH Belgium, Kingdom of Paul VAN DENBEMPT 10/11/2000 Antwerp Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 17/9/2010 Belgium, Kingdom of Dirk M. G. VAN DE GEHUCHTE 20/5/2014 Gent Belgium, Kingdom of Serge MANTOVANI 13/7/2004 Liège Belgium, Kingdom of Jean-Pierre LOTHE 21/2/2008 Namur Belize Joseph Boris LOSKOT 16/12/2001 Orange Walk Town
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since Bolivia, Plurinational State of Patricia REZNICEK 15/5/1996 La Paz Bolivia, Plurinational State of Luis Alfredo POLASEK 2/5/2016 Santa Cruz de la Sierra BENAVIDES Botswana, Republic of Branko CAVRIĆ 4/6/2012 Gaborone Brazil, Federative Republic of Evandro Amaral TRACHTA e 4/5/2016 Batayporã SILVA Brazil, Federative Republic of Luiz Augusto GUADALUPE 27/5/2015 Belo Horizonte Brazil, Federative Republic of Ricardo DE MEDEIROS VIANA 14/11/2018 Fortaleza Brazil, Federative Republic of Fernando Lorenz de AZEVEDO 9/6/2015 Porto Alegre Brazil, Federative Republic of Jiří JODAS 2/1/2006 Recife Brazil, Federative Republic of Diamantine SOBOTKA 3/6/2008 Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Federative Republic of Géza Lászlo ŰRMÉNYI 24/11/2008 Salvador Brazil, Federative Republic of Odilon Junior BORGES 13/10/2009 Vitória (temporarily closed) Bulgaria, Republic of Ivan MLADENOV SOKOLOV 26/1/2017 Plovdiv Bulgaria, Republic of Zdeňka BOEVOVÁ 28/5/2004 Varna Burkina Faso Camile Sugrnoma ROMARIC 19/6/2018 Ouagadougou SONDO Cameroon, Republic of Věra YABÉKO 27/2/2003 Douala Canada Jaroslav Jerry JELÍNEK 18/10/2001 Calgary Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 30/10/2008 Canada John Vaclav STEINSKY 31/5/2018 Charlottetown Canada Hynek ŽIKOVSKÝ 29/4/2013 Montreal Canada Jim H. REED 22/3/2017 Victoria Canada Vladimír HLAS 7/5/2019 Winnipeg Cape Verde, Republic of Valdmiro Da Cruz Neves 20/5/2004 Praia SEGREDO Columbia, Republic of César Alejandro CAMPO 28/2/2001 Barranquilla BARTOSEK
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since Columbia, Republic of Germán Iván CABALLERO 23/3/2012 Bucaramanga GERARDINO Columbia, Republic of Carlos Manuel FLÓREZ VÉLEZ 25/3/2012 Cali Columbia, Republic of Gabriela THURONYI DE 8/8/2017 Cartagena de Indias LONDONO Congo, Democratic Republic of Murtaza RAWJI 18/5/2011 Kinshasa Congo, Republic of Serges MPOUNGUI 8/12/2010 Brazzaville Costa Rica, Republic of Bianca MRÁZOVÁ 29/4/2013 San José Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of Mory DIANE 12/11/2018 Abidjan Cyprus, Republic of Melita ROLANDI-STRATI 28/4/1995 Nicosia Denmark Stig HELLSTERN 26/6/2018 Aarhus Djibouti, Republic of Naguib Sadik ABDALLAH 10/3/1999 Djibouti Honorary Consulate General since establishment Dominican Republic José Ramón Brea GONZÁLES 6/1/2000 Santo Domingo Ecuador, Republic of José Miguel AGUILAR MORA 12/8/1992 Guayaquil Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 14/7/2008 Ecuador, Republic of Tommy Carlos SCHWARZKOPF 13/4/2016 Quito PEISACH (services temporarily limited) Finland, Republic of Juha LAAKONEN 3/9/2018 Oulu Finland, Republic of Tero LUOMA 21/2/2019 Tampere French Republic Charles -Sébastien DUGUINE 10/10/2014 Bordeaux French Republic Veronika Štouračová 19/2/2014 Baie-Mahault French Republic Philippe BARBE 15/5/2014 Dijon French Republic Luc Bertrand SALUS 5/12/2002 Lille French Republic Daniel DUQUESNE 17/6/2016 Lyon French Republic Pierre Paul ROBIN 19/5/2009 Marseille
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since French Republic Catherine DIAT 24/4/2014 Nantes French Republic Maurice Francoise OFFNER 1/12/2010 Strasbourg French Republic Gilles Daniel SENTENAC 15/3/2019 Toulouse Gabon, Republic of Josef KUPEC 6/7/2018 Libreville Gambia, Republic of Adama Ahmadou SALLAH 21/6/2004 Banjul Germany, Federal Republic of Heinz FENNEKOLD 28/9/2006 Dortmund Germany, Federal Republic of Robin Leon FRITZ 1/12/2004 Frankfurt Germany, Federal Republic of Christian ANCKER 30/1/2015 Hamburg Germany, Federal Republic of Hans-Peter SCHMIDT 29/10/2010 Nuremberg Germany, Federal Republic of Helmut SCHMIDT 15/10/2001 Rostock Greenland Hans Kristian OLSEN 26/9/2016 Nuuk Guatemala, Republic of José Luis GUZMÁN SEGURA 27/10/2004 Ciudad de Guatemala Guyana, Co-operative Republic Lex BARKER 22/1/2008 of Georgetown Guinea, Republic of Hasmiou DIA 11/5/2000 Conakry Haiti, Republic of Steeve HANDAL 28/3/2008 Port-au-Prince Hellenic Republic Maria NISTAZAKI 27/5/2000 Heraklion Hellenic Republic Elissavet DELLARTA 21/11/2019 Kerkyra Hellenic Republic Andreas LIONIS 1/6/2000 Piraeus Hellenic Republic Emmanouil MARKOPOULOS 29/9/2016 Rhodes Hellenic Republic Margarita IGNATIDOU 17/6/2013 Thessaloniki Honduras, Republic of Jiří ČERNÝ 14. 6. 2019 Roatán Honduras, Republic of Johnny R. KAFATI SEGEBRE 12/1/2004 Tegucigalpa Iceland, Republic of Ögmundur SKARPHEðINSSON 17/3/2015 Reykjavík India, Republic of C. S. PRAKASH 26/11/2018 Bengaluru Page | 92
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since India, Republic of Ar Rm Arun 9/4/2019 Chennai India, Republic of Utsav PAREKH 18/8/2008 Kolkata India, Republic of Rashmi JOLLY 17/4/2012 Mumbai Indonesia, Republic of Alwi HAMU 14/12/2002 Makassar Indonesia, Republic of Hermawan KARTAJAYA 3/2/2002 Surabaya Israel, State of David Avram HERCKY 14/1/2015 Eilat Israel, State of Yaron GIPSZ 1/9/2002 Haifa Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 27/3/2013 Israel, State of Dan PROPER 29/5/2018 Jerusalem Italian Republic Giampiero SCHIAVONI 3/12/2008 Ancona Italian Republic Giovanna DANI DEL BIANCO 15/7/2002 Florence Italian Republic Franco APRILE 19/1/2009 Genova Italian Republic Angelo RUOPPOLO 1/2/1996 Napoli Italian Republic Andrea MARCHIONE 23/2/2002 Palermo Italian Republic Paolo PETIZIOL 10/5/1997 Udine Jamaica James Mark JOSEPH 26/1/2009 Kingston Japan Kazumasa KUZUMURA 21/9/2019 Sakai Kazakhstan, Republic of Uzakbay Rustemovich 2/10/2010 Almaty AITZHANOV Kyrgyz Republic Marat DZHANBAYEV 25/1/2017 Bishkek Lao People’s Democratic Phimphone DOUANGSAVANH 30/1/2015 Republic Vientiane Liechtenstein, Principality of Thomas ZWIEFELHOFER 5/7/2018 Vaduz Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Iva MRÁZKOVÁ 29/1/2015 Luxembourg Malawi, Republic of Leonard KAMWANJA 29/11/2016 Lilongwe
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since Malaysia Vincent TAN 14/10/2017 Kota Kinabalu Marshall Islands Jerry KRAMER 13/7/2017 Majuro Mauritania, Islamic Republic Limam OULD EBNOU 3/1/2008 of Nouakchott Mauritius, Republic of Gulshan JUGROO 11/2/2016 Port Louis Moldova, Republic of Mihail CEBAN 12/10/2017 Balti Monaco, Principality of Francois Jean BRYCH 30/5/1996 Monte-Carlo Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 14/4/2006 Morocco, Kingdom of Ahmed LEMZAH 13/1/1998 Casablanca Morocco, Kingdom of Mostafa MESKINI 1/12/2006 Fes Mozambique, Republic of Henderikus SON 31/5/2007 Maputo Myanmar, Republic of the Hla Hla Wai Daw 19/5/2019 Union of Mandalay Namibia, Republic of Selma-Penna UTONIH 15/10/2018 Windhoek Nepal, Federal Democratic Vishnu Kumar AGARWAL 15/7/2011 Republic of Elevated to Kathmandu Honorary Consulate General: 20/5/2015 Netherlands, Kingdom of the Jan Albert POSTMA 23/10/2014 Groningen New Zeeland Gregory SHANAHAN 11/7/2001 Auckland Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 25/2/2014 Nicaragua, Republic of Octaviano CÉSAR AGUIRRE 6/2/1996 Managua Niger, Republic of the Souleymane ABDOU NIANDOU 13/2/2002 Niamey Norway, Kingdom of Dag Astrup STIEGLER 1/9/1993 Bergen Norway, Kingdom of Arve Hjulstad JOHANSEN 22/9/2009 Sjøvegan Norway, Kingdom of Oddvar Kristian KARLSEN 1/7/2005 Trondheim Page | 94
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since Oman, Sultanate of Qais bin Salim bin Hilal AL 15/10/2018 Muscat KHALILI Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Mohammad Ahmad ANSARI 24/7/2008 Karachi Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Kamal MONNOO 20/3/2008 Lahore Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Assad Saifullah KHAN 30/10/2018 Peshawar Palau, Republic of Sandra Sumang PIERANTOZZI 23/1/2014 Koror Palestinian Autonomous Samir Yousef Salim HAZBUN 18/9/2014 Territories Bethlehem Papua New Guinea Robert Lawrence WONG 9/11/2005 Port Moresby Paraguay, Republic of Anthony Alfredo CHYTIL 1/12/2005 Asunción BALLON Peru, Republic of Raúl ALTA TORRE DEL 3/7/2012 Callao AGUILLA Philippines, Republic of Mark FRONDOSO 17/9/2008 Cebu City Philippines, Republic of Gilbert CO GO 6/7/2001 Davao City Poland, Republic of Dariusz Piotr ZIMNY 21/5/2010 Bydgoszcz Poland, Republic of Jaroslaw KRYKWIŃSKI 10/12/2009 Częstochowa Poland, Republic of Krzysztof SKOTNICKI 3/12/2012 Łódź Poland, Republic of Renata MATACZYŃSKA 29/12/1995 Poznan Poland, Republic of Arkadiusz Jan IGNASIAK 7/4/2010 Wrocław Portuguese Republic Paulo Jorge DOS SANTOS 3/5/2008 Faro NEVES Portuguese Republic Ricardo Jorge DE MEDEIROS 11/4/2018 Porta Delgada DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL Portuguese Republic José Francisco CORREIA DE 7/6/2018 Porto LEMOS PAVAO Romania Stefan MOTEC 14/10/2010 Timișoara Russian Federation Dmitrii Alexandrovich 29/6/2006 Chanty-Mansijsk MIZGULIN Rwanda, Republic of Jean Malic KALIMA 14/1/2016 Kigali Saint Vincent and the Moulton Theophilus MAYERS 6/12/2011 Grenadines Kingstown
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since Salvador, Republic of El Ildikó Maria JUHASZ DE 22/4/2009 San Salvador TESAK Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Hussein SHOBOKSHI 17/7/2012 Jeddah Seychelles, Republic of Sabina PANOVSKÁ 1/10/2015 Victoria Singapore, Republic of Kwee Liong SEEN 1/7/2010 Singapore Spain, Kingdom of Jaime MARTÍN PUCHOL 8/6/2005 Barcelona Spain, Kingdom of Luis UBACH MORA 2/12/2003 Benidorm Spain, Kingdom of Mikel GARTEIZ-GOXEASKOA 14/2/2013 Bilbao ELGUEZABAL Spain, Kingdom of Francisco PUERTA VIDES 18/9/2018 Marbella Spain, Kingdom of Dalibor ČIAK 3/4/2008 Palma de Mallorca Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Lohitha SAMARAWICKREMA 18/1/2016 Republic of Colombo Sudan, Republic of Mohamed AFIFI 1/1/2017 Khartoum Suriname, Republic of Steven TJANG-A-SJIN 26/11/2010 Paramaribo Sweden, Kingdom of Kateřina STRÖMSHOLM 14/10/2014 Malmö Swiss Confederation Riccardo MORIANI 1/6/2010 Lugano Syrian Arab Republic Joseph SAKKAL 22/12/2001 Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic Walid ZEIN 11/6/2009 Latakia Thailand, Kingdom of Pol. Gen. Prasan WONGYAI 20/6/2011 Chiang Rai Thailand, Kingdom of Anurak TANSIRIROJ 15/5/2007 Phuket Togolese Republic Milan HORÁČEK 26/5/2004 Lomé Turkey, Republic of Serdar Sekvi AKAYDIN 19/6/2002 Antalya Turkey, Republic of Sabri Etem ÖZSOY 17/2/2006 Izmir Turkey, Republic of Ufuk BOZKAYA 15/2/2012 Mersin Ukraine Sergej Alexejevič DYRDIN 19/6/2014 Dnipro (former Dnipropetrovsk) Ukraine Oleg Vasiljevič ČIGRINOV 10/12/2010 Kharkov Page | 96
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since United Kingdom of Great Milan MLÁDEK 11/1/2007 Britain and Northern Ireland Belfast United Kingdom of Great Paul MILLAR 1/9/1999 Britain and Northern Ireland Elevated to Edinburgh Honorary Consulate General: 27/11/2003 United Kingdom of Great Stanislav ČECH 19/7/2016 Britain and Northern Ireland Gibraltar United Mexican States Rocío DEL CARMEN INFANTE 23/2/2015 Cancún GUÍZAR United Mexican States Jorge Atilano AYALA 21/10/2016 Emiliano Zapata MENÉNDEZ United Mexican States Yan Yaromir NECHYBA 20/1/1994 Guadalajara United Mexican States Radko TICHAVSKÝ 19/3/1997 Guadalupe (former Monterrey) United Mexican States José Antonio GONZÁLES 13/3/2003 Tijuana IBARRA United States of America Francis J. NOSEK 9/6/2000 Anchorage Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 10/10/2008 United States of America George A. NOVAK 15/3/1995 Atlanta Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 1/8/2003 United States of America Igor LUKEŠ 17/9/2005 Boston Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 18/5/2012 United States of America Robert David ERBEN 16/7/2012 Boulder United States of America Brian Allen VANICEK 20/11/2014 Houston United States of America Ann Suzuki CHING 1/3/2012 Honolulu United States of America Petr VASICKO 21/5/2015 Charlotte United States of America Sharon Kay VALASEK 26/9/2003 Kansas City United States of America Miluše ŠAŠKOVÁ-PIERCE 23/10/2017 Lincoln Page | 97
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Country/Seat Honorary Consul Existing/ Opened since United States of America Olga MARTIN 9/3/2016 Las Vegas United States of America Lenka HOŘÁKOVÁ 31/10/2014 Little Rock United States of America Lee Allen FREEMAN 1/9/2011 Livingston United States of America Stanislav JANSTA 11/5/2017 Miami United States of America Marit Lee KUCERA 5/12/2015 Minneapolis United States of America Martin POSPÍŠIL 2/11/1998 New Orleans Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 14/7/2008 United States of America Roman INOCHOVSKY 5/12/2010 Orlando United States of America Alexander MONTANARO 1/9/1994 Philadelphia Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 22/11/1999 United States of America Slobodan POPOVIC 22/10/2014 Phoenix United States of America Carol HOCHMAN 1/3/2007 Pittsburgh United States of America Marie R. AMICCI 1/6/1995 Portland United States of America Jonathon T. TICHY 15/12/2010 Salt Lake City United States of America Richard PIVNICKA 27/10/1995 San Francisco Elevated to Honorary Consulate General: 22/11/1999 United States of America Judith A. GORDON CONDE 3/12/2001 San Juan United States of America Wayne JEHLIK 28/6/2013 Seattle Uruguay, Eastern Republic of Jorge J. GOYENOLA 29/9/2010 Montevideo Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of Truong PHAN 6/6/2018 Hai Phong Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of Ngo Hong CHUYEN 22/10/2001 Ho Chi Min City Yemen, Republic of Abd Sarhán Ahmad AL-AHWAL 16/5/2013 Sana´a
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Annex 8 – Czech Centres (31/12/2019) Country/Seat Director
Austria Mojmír JEŘÁBEK Vienna Belgium Jitka PÁNEK JURKOVÁ Brussels Bulgaria Dagmar OSTŘANSKÁ Sofia France Jiří HNILICA Paris Germany Tomáš SACHER Berlin Germany Jiří ROSENKRANZ Munich Greece Lucie KULIGOVÁ Athens Hungary Lucie ORBÓK Budapest Israel Robert MIKOLÁŠ Czech Centre – Tel Aviv Israel Robert MIKOLÁŠ Czech House – Jerusalem Italy Simona CALBOLI Milan Italy Petra BŘEZÁČKOVÁ Rom Japan Eva TAKAMINE Tokyo Netherlands Hana SCHENKOVÁ Rotterdam Poland Taťjána LANGÁŠKOVÁ Warsaw Republic of Korea Michaela LEE Seoul Romania Robert UJFALUSI Bucharest Russia Hana SKLÁDALOVÁ Czech Centre – Moscow Russia Jiří PODHOLA Czech House – Moscow Slovakia Vilma ANÝŽOVÁ Bratislava Spain Stanislav ŠKODA Madrid Sweden Zuzana KABELKOVÁ Stockholm Ukraine Lucie ŘEHOŘÍKOVÁ Kiev Page | 99
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United Kingdom Přemysl PELA London USA Miroslav KONVALINA New York
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Annex 9 – Participation of the Czech Republic in Missions and Operations abroad in 2019 a) Forces and assets of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic (MoD) in missions and operations abroad2 Mission/ Led by Location Mandate of Actual number of personnel Operation the MoD deployed as on forces and assets for 31/3 30/6 30/9 31/1 deployment 2
Joint Enterprise NATO Kosovo 10 10 10 8 8 ALTHEA EU BaH 2 2 2 2 2 Resolute Support NATO Afghanistan 390 343 345 319 309 Inherent Resolve Coalition Iraq 110 64 34 38 37 EUTM Mali EU Mali 120 118 118 118 120 MINUSMA UN Mali 30 5 5 5 4 Enhanced NATO Latvia, 290 289 282 85 80 Forward Lithuania, Presence Estonia and Poland ATALANTA EU Somalia 3 3 3 3 3 SOPHIA EU Mediterranean 5 4 4 4 4 + ITA MFO MFO Sinai 25 18 18 18 18 UNDOF UN Golan Heights 5 4 3 4 4
RSM from NATO Afghanistan 15 0 0 0 0 command structures Air Policing NATO Baltic States 95 70 70 (Estonia) DCM–B 3 NATO Afghanistan 56 8 8
UN military UN 9 9 9 8 observers 4
2 Government Resolution No. 221 of 11 April 2018 concerning the deployment of Defence Ministry forces and assets on operations abroad 2018–2020 (Chamber of Deputies Resolution No. 260 of 1 June 2018, Senate Resolution No. 429 of 17 May 2018). 3 The Deployable Communication Module (DCM) is a capability permanently earmarked for the use of the Allied command system, i.a. on operations abroad. The team was deployed at the HQ in Kabul. Page | 101
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b) Civilian Missions Mission Organisation Location Czech participation EUMM EU Georgia 10 EUAM EU Ukraine 8 EULEX EU Kosovo 6 EUCAP Sahel Niger EU Niger 1 EUPOL COPPS EU Palestinian Territories 1 SMM OSCE Ukraine 13 Mission to Skopje OSCE North Macedonia 1 Mission to Bosnia and OSCE Bosnia and 1 Herzegovina Herzegovina Mission in Kosovo OSCE Kosovo 1
Annex 10 – Participation of the Czech Republic in the OSCE and EU Election Observation Missions in 2019
Country Mission organized Long-term Short-term observers by observers OSCE Moldova 2 9 OSCE Ukraine 4 33 OSCE Macedonia 2 10 OSCE Kazakhstan 1 3 OSCE Albania 1 3 OSCE Ukraine II 3 15 OSCE Poland 2 0 OSCE Belarus 3 10 OSCE Uzbekistan 2 5 OSCE total 108 20 88 EU Salvador 1 1 EU Nigeria 1 – EU Senegal 2 2 EU Malawi 1 2 EU Tunisia 1 1 EU Kosovo 1 1
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EU Mozambique 2 5 EU Sri Lanka 1 2 EU total 24 10 14
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Annex 11 – International Agreements in Force for the Czech Republic since 2019 BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Country Agreement Signature Entry into date force Austria Modification of the Annex to the Agreement 19/12/2018 1/2/2019 between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Republic of Austria on Mutual Representation in Issuing of Visas Bangladesh Agreement on Trade Promotion and 21/5/2019 21/5/2019 Economic Cooperation between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the People´s Republic of Bangladesh Brazil Agreement between the Czech Republic and 1/11/2012 30/1/2019 the Federative Republic of Brazil on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters China Protocol on Cultural Cooperation for the 25/4/2019 25/4/2019 Years 2019 - 2022 between the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People´s Republic of China ESO Framework Agreement between the Ministry 14/3/2019 14/3/2019 of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MEYS) and the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) concerning the On-the-Job Training Programme of Trainees at ESO funded by MEYS Kosovo Agreement on Economic Cooperation 13/6/2019 1/8/2019 between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Kosovo Latvia Agreement between the Government of the 28/12/2017 1/7/2019 Czech Republic and the Government of the Republic of Latvia on the Amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Republic of Latvia for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, signed
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on 25 October 1994 in Riga, and on the Termination thereof Macedonia Protocol between the Government of the 30/11/2018 1/6/2019 Czech Republic and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia on the Implementation of the Agreement on the Readmission of Persons Residing without Authorisation Mongolia Agreement between the Ministry of 20/5/2019 20/5/2019 Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia on Co-operation in the Fields of Education and Science Mongolia Arrangement on Cultural Cooperation 20/5/2019 20/5/2019 between the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia Montenegro Agreement between the Government of the 10/6/2019 2/8/2019 Czech Republic and the Government of Montenegro on Scientific and Technological Cooperation Montenegro Agreement between the Government of the 11/9/2019 11/9/2019 Czech Republic and the Government of Montenegro on the Settlement of the Debt of Montenegro towards the Czech Republic Poland Agreement between the Czech Republic and 11/4/2018 24/9/2019 the Republic of Poland on the Amendment and Termination of the Agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Czech Republic for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, signed on 16 July 1993 in Budapest Republic Convention between the Czech Republic and 12/1/2018 20/12/2019 of Korea the Republic of Korea for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income Serbia Agreement between the Government of the 10/12/2018 9/5/2019 Czech Republic and the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the settlement of the debt of the Republic of Serbia towards the Czech Republic United States of Protocol extending and amending the 27/4/2018 16/5/2019 America Agreement between the Czech Republic and
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the United States of America for Scientific and Technological Cooperation United States of Memorandum of Agreement between 19/7/2019 19/7/2019 America the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic and the Department of Defense of the United States of America as represented by U.S. Central Command regarding the assignment of liaison officers
Vietnam Agreement between the Government of the 7/6/2017 12/2/2019 Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on Cooperation in Combating Crime Vietnam Treaty between the Czech Republic and The 7/6/2017 2/7/2019 Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS Signature Entry into Organisation Agreement date force
European Agreement between the Member States of the 17/11/2003 1/4/2019 Union European Union concerning the status of military and civilian staff seconded to the institutions of the European Union, of the headquarters and forces which may be made available to the European Union in the context of the preparation and execution of the tasks referred to in Article 17(2) of the Treaty on European Union, including exercises, and of the military and civilian staff of the Member States put at the disposal of the European Union to act in this Context (EU SOFA) European Treaty on Stability, Coordination and 2/3/2012 3/4/2019 Union Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union European Agreement on Air Transport between the 17/12/2009 16/5/2019 Union European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part Council of Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law 15/5/2003 1/1/2019 Europe Convention on Corruption Council of Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated 3/7/2016 1/7/2019 Europe Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football
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Matches and Other Sports Events Council of Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human 27/11/2008 1/9/2019 Europe Rights and Biomedicine concerning Genetic Testing for Health Purposes OAS Inter-American Convention on Mutual 23/5/1992 16/11/2019 Assistance in Criminal Matters OAS Optional Protocol related to the Inter-American 11/6/1993 16/11/2019 Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters UN Amendment to the Basel Convention on the 22/9/1995 5/12/2019 Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal UN Amendment of the text and Annexes II to IX to 4/5/2012 7/10/2019 the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long- range transboundary air pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone and the addition of new annexes X and XI UN Amendment to the Montreal protocol on 15/10/2016 1/1/2019 substances that deplete the ozone layer WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco 12/11/2012 10/10/2019 Products Protocol on Sustainable Transport to the 26/9/2014 14/1/2019 Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians
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Annex 12 – MFA Publications in 2019 Non-periodic Publications ISBN Edition Published
Česká Diplomacie 2018, MFA team of 978-80-7441-038-3 on-line 6/2019 authors
Mapa globálních oborových příležitostí, 978-80-7441-041-3 flash disk 6/2019 kolektiv pracovníků MZV ČR; vedoucí týmu Martin Tlapa; 5. vydání
Mapa globálních oborových příležitostí, 978-80-7441-040-6 hardback 6/2019 MFA team of authors; Team leader Martin Tlapa; 5. vydání
Laureáti Gratias agit 2019, MFA team of 978-80-7441-042-0 paperback 6/2019 authors
Czech Diplomacy 2018, MFA team of 978-80-7441-039-0 on-line 8/2019 authors
Konference ke 100. výročí vzniku 978-80-7441-043-7 paperback 8/2019 československé diplomacie, MFA team of authors
Rozvojová spolupráce České republiky 978-80-7441-044-4 on-line 10/2019 s Kambodžou, MFA team of authors
Czech Development Cooperation in 978-80-7441-045-1 on-line 10/2019 Cambodia, MFA team of authors
Kech sahabratebatte kar aphivodtho 978-80-7441-046-8 on-line 10/2019 sathearonarodth chek nov Kampuchea, MFA team of authors
Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia/ 978-80-7441-047-5 paperback 11/2019 Czechoslovakia Mai makhmali kranti, MFA team of authors
Periodic Publication Registration Number of the Published Ministry of Culture
MED (Modern Economic Diplomacy) MK ČR E 23854; 1-12/2019 5 normal editions (bimonthly)
MED (Modern Economic Diplomacy) MK ČR E 23854; 9/2019 1 special edition
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Czech Diplomacy 2019 Edition prepared by a team of MFA authors Published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Loretánské nám. 5, 118 00 Prague 1, www.mzv.cz 1st edition, February 2020 © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Photographs © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, p. 10 © Czech Development Agency (CRA)
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