Forum 2000 conference ends on Tuesday

The 12th successive Forum 2000 international conference, attended by over ninety politicians, philosophers, and journalists from around the world, is drawing to a close. Along with the former Czech president Václav Havel, the founder of the Forum 2000 Foundation, the event attracted the likes of Russian opposition leader Gari Kasparov, Belarussian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich and former Polish dissident and journalist Adam Michnik. Mr Havel on Monday expressed his support for dissidents from various countries, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the legendary breakfast of eight Czechoslovak dissidents and then French president Francois Mitterand at the French embassy in 1988. It was the first official contact between a Western leader and members of the anti-communist opposition.

Author: Ruth Fraňková