Afghanistan among five states to be focus of Czech development aid

The Czech Republic will focus its development aid on five countries in future, under a new plan approved by the government. Foreign Minister Jan Kohout told reporters that priority would be given to Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Moldova and Mongolia. Mr Kohout said the plan took into account the fact that Prague played a role in the formulation and implementation of the European Union’s development policy. It replaces a previous set of priorities approved in 2005.