President Klaus denies pushing ambassadorial nomination

President Klaus on Sunday denied having pushed the nomination of Civic Democrat deputy Vlastimil Tlustý for the post of ambassador in Kazachstan.

The allegation appeared in the weekly Respekt which said that the outgoing Foreign Minister Jan Kohout had sought to get the nomination approved by the Fischer cabinet at the direct intervention of the president. Mr. Klaus said on Sunday the weekly’s claim was utter nonsense and he had never made any attempt to meddle in ambassadorial nominations. Who will fill the post of ambassador to Kazachstan has been left to the new government to decide.