Biden to spend night in capital, meet with leaders next Friday

The Czech news agency ČTK has reported that US Vice-President Joe Biden will spend one night in the Czech Republic next week, arriving in Prague with Air Force Two on Thursday. Talks with the Czech prime minister as well as president and other officials will take place on Friday. The news site reported that the focus of the trip will be to re-emphasise the importance of Central Europe for the US, after the latter scrapped plans for a US radar base on Czech soil and interceptor missiles in Poland. Other topics on the agenda could include US interest in providing fuel for the Czech nuclear power plant, Temelín, as well as a possible deal on fighter jets for the Czech military.