Zeman reminded that every quarter of the year he invites the highest constitutional officials to foreign policy consultations.
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“These meetings serve to unite different views and are to reach a compromise,” Zeman described. For different opinions, majority voting is used and the rest of the staff must submit to the result. “I myself have lost such a vote twice. It was a case of condemning the independence of Kosovo and of moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But we complied with the result, “said the president.
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He stuck out in the case of a trip to Taiwan and was outvoted by everyone. Yet he went there. “I deduce only one thing from this, I will no longer invite him to these meetings. Those who do not respect the rules of the game cannot play the game, “said Zeman.
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According to Zeman, the trip of the President of the Senate will bring nothing to the Czech Republic. “I would like to remind you that China is the Czech Republic’s second most important trading partner after Germany, while Taiwan is in 23rd place. And if China restricts our exporters, they assure you that companies from France, Great Britain and the like will be very willing to take the place of Czech companies, “said Zeman.
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She said that she would help his trip to make Taiwan an important trading partner of the Czech Republic, Zeman only remarked that it was a “desideratum” and he did not trust them.
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