Defence expenditures expected to dominate Czech-US talks

Czech defence expenditures are expected to dominate talks between Czech President Miloš Zeman and the new US administration, the Czech ambassador-designate to the United States Hynek Kmoníček told the CTK news agency. President Zeman will be meeting with President Trump during a state visit to the US at the end of April. Mr. Kmoníček, who is president’s chief foreign policy advisor, said that the presence of the Czech finance and interior ministers in the delegation reflected the main topics on the agenda – defence expenditures and the migrant crisis. The Czech Republic annually invests just over 1 percent of the GDP into defence, still well below the 2 percent target set by NATO.