Czechs and Slovaks celebrate brotherhood at Velká Javořina

Politicians and hundreds of onlookers attended an annual celebration of Czech and Slovak brotherhood on Sunday at Velká Javořina mountain on the border of the two states. Representatives of the two states of the former Czechoslovak federation, among them prime ministers Petr Nečas and Robert Fico, spoke of the above-average relations between their countries. Mr Nečas, who grew up near Slovakia, said that Slovaks were truly a brother nation and that it would be hard to find two states in Europe that enjoy the same kind of friendship. A meeting of the Czech and Slovak governments is to take place in the autumn.