We want Zelenski in Prague, we also wanted Biden. What is going on in the EU?
According to the priority, Ukraine and the crisis are connected with darkness. There is talk about whether President Zelensky could not come to Prague for such a summit, but it will be one and the last word in this matter, Mr. Prime Minister, Minister for European Affairs Mikul Bek told Lidov newspaper.
The iDNES.cz editorial staff turned to the Ukrainian ambassador to Prague, Yevhen Perebyjnis, for a reaction.
According to Minister Beka, the European summit is dedicated to some of the key topics of the presidency, such as energy security. They were happy if the Ukrainian president could be the guest of the summit, he said in an interview with TK. It should take place at the meeting of Prague Castle.
According to Bek, one of Zelensk’s advisers will hire Prague in the coming weeks. He would like to see the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefaniynov, support the informal meeting of the General Affairs Council in July.
Rdi got the Ukrainian side into the dialogue with the European prime ministers and ministers as intensively as possible so that the process of looking at Ukraine’s relationship with the European Union corresponded as much as possible to the Ukrainian side and thus to our ideas, Bek noted.
US President or Summit to the Balkans
The government also said it would invite US President Joe Biden, but given that the head of the United States in Europe was the end of the day, meeting his skin is still unrealistic in July.
In addition to the summit with the Ukrainian president, according to LN, there is a possibility on the table to hold a summit to the western Balkans. However, the French presidency is currently preparing a large conference in June on the issue of the Western Balkans, and LN’s resources in the Czech Republic will not have much left. This is immediately a debate about the birth of the EU, Pa wants it.
controversial program of presidencies outside Prague
The original government carried out more actions in the regions. But the wolf in Ukraine and one of the deep economic problems, according to Bek, lead to the fact that ambitions to strengthen the presidency program in the regions will have to be very controversial.
It is clear that under these conditions it would be indefensible for the public to increase the budget of the Czech presidency in some way, he said. For example, cultural events could take place in the regions. But our ambition to move out of Prague somehow not only in terms of logistics and the wolf they took for granted, Bek added.