The presidents of the Czech Republic and Slovakia visited Ukraine on Friday, their first joint visit abroad, Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová said in a tweet on Friday.
Petr Pavel, president of the Czech Republic and Zuzana Čaputová, president of Slovakia were in Kyiv on Friday. They got to experience firsthand Russia’s latest terror bombing.
The presidents of the Czech Republic and Slovakia visited Ukraine on Friday, their first joint visit abroad, Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová said in a tweet on Friday.
Čaputová said the visit is intended to bring "a message of friendship, solidarity & support," noting that the three countries "share parts of common history."
Czech Republic President Petr Pavel also confirmed the visit on Twitter, saying that he and Čaputová "both value freedom and justice."
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The Czech president shared a picture of himself shaking hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said he would push for accession talks with the European Union to start for Ukraine by the end of the year.
He said EU and NATO membership for Ukraine "is not a question of if, but when."
The Czech president also tweeted pictures of him visiting Bucha, the Kyiv suburb that was under Russian occupation for over a month last year and has since become synonymous with Russian atrocities.
A picture of the two visiting presidents at a joint appearance with President Zelenskyy.
It may be difficult to see but Friday’s date was written on President Čaputová’s podium in Slovak and on President Pavel’s in Czech. Those languages may be closely related but one difference is that Slovak uses the Latin derived names of the months while Czech uses the early Slavic names. This is yet another example of how Ukrainians pay close attention to details.
The two NATO member presidents visited Bucha – site of numerous Russian war crimes early in the invasion.
The most interesting news to emerge from this visit is that the Czech Republic and Ukraine have agreed to jointly produce weapons, ammunition, and aircraft.
Czech Republic and Ukraine to start joint production of fighter jets, Petr Pavel says
President Pavel is a retired general and former NATO commander.
