Czech Republic Cannot Be Lackey of China, New Senate Speaker Says

Czech Republic Cannot Be Lackey of China, New Senate Speaker Says
A river ferry sails at the Vltava river connecting two sides of the city and one of the islands in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 11, 2019. Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images
Ella Kietlinska
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The speaker of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, says that his visit to Taiwan has been approved in a resolution and that the Czech Republic cannot be a lackey of China, referring to a threatening letter sent by the Chinese Embassy that warned his late predecessor to cancel his planned visit to Taiwan.

The Czech Senate passed a resolution on May 20 criticizing the Chinese regime for the Jan. 10 letter it sent to the country’s second-highest public official, former Senate Speaker Jaroslav Kubera, with regard to his upcoming visit to Taiwan. The resolution condemned the threatening tone of the letter, which stated that Kubera’s trip to Taiwan would create “complications for Czech companies trading with China.”