Prime Minister Petr Nečas visits Slovakia

Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas travelled to the Slovak capital of Bratislava on Monday for his first official visit since taking office three weeks ago. The Czech prime minister met his Slovak counterpart, Iveta Radičová, for talks. The two discussed the economy, energy security and regional cooperation. The Czech prime minister underlined that the two newly formed coalition governments shared similar priorities of cutting their budget deficits and said that European rules to curb deficits should now be enforced. Mr. Nečas also met Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič.

The Czech and Slovak prime ministers will on Tuesday travel to Budapest for a meeting of the four strong Visegrad Group which also includes Poland and Hungary. In Hungary, Mr Nečas will hold bilateral meetings with his Polish and Hungarian counterparts.

Author: Chris Johnstone