Kulhánek: I will leave the decision on the office of the Belarusian opposition in Prague to the next government
“The ministry has already prepared two options for establishing an office of the Belarusian opposition. The fastest option could result in the de facto closure of our embassy in Minsk. Given such serious consequences, I am convinced that, according to the final decision on the form of establishing this, it should have been the next government. It will continue to work with possible consequences, ”wrote Minister Kulhánek when Novinek asked.
At the same time, he told Novinka in an interview that he wanted to have a maximum of three months in the interview about the form of adequate representation of the democratic Belarusian opposition in August, ideally until the elections. That didn’t happen in the end.
“Supporting the Belarusian opposition and opening an office of the Belarusian opposition will be one of the important topics for my negotiations with the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the handover of the office,” Kulhánek assured.
Will the pirate Lipavský sit in the Černín Palace?
It is not yet 100% certain who will succeed him in the newly formed government (TOGETHER + PirSTAN). According to the coalition agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to belong to the Pirates, who will probably nominate Jan Lipavský’s exhibitors as its head.
However, there are fears in the corridors that President Miloš Zeman could have a problem with his appointment due to different views on mutual relations with Russia and Israel.
However, the establishment of the Belarusian office to the opposition was also promised to the Cichanouska by the chairman of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil from the ODS, which will have the strongest word in the newly formed government.