US ambassador barred from Prague Castle by Czech president

Simplicissimus 5/04/2015

US ambassador barred from Prague Castle by Czech president - BBC News
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32189757

Czech President Milos Zeman has said the US ambassador is not welcome at his Prague Castle residence, reports say.
The apparent snub follows remarks by US envoy Andrew Schapiro seen as critical of the president’s decision to attend forthcoming World War Two commemorations in Moscow.
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“I cannot imagine that the Czech ambassador in Washington would advise the US president where he should travel. And I will not allow any ambassador to have a say in my foreign travel plans.”
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Mr Schapiro is quoted by Czech media as having said in March that it would “be awkward” if the Czech president was the only statesman from an EU country on the platform on Red Square.

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Soutien du Premier ministre tchèque…
Czech PM Not Opposing President’s Disputed Russian Trip - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/04/08/world/europe/ap-eu-czech-us-ambassador.html
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says he is not opposing the president’s trip to Moscow, the subject of Milos Zeman’s dispute with the U.S. ambassador.
…mesuré, mais soutien quand même.
After meeting Zeman Wednesday, Sobotka said Soviet soldiers sacrificed their lives while liberating most of Czechoslovakia in World War II and “it’s appropriate to honor them.”
Sobotka, whose government is in charge of foreign policy, said that doesn’t mean his government would change its critical view of Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

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