China willing to restore healthy relations with Czechia

Beijing is willing to return Czech-Chinese relations to a path of healthy and stable development as soon as possible, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said today, according to Reuters.

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka announced plans to restore standard-level relations with China at the beginning of this year. In the past, Beijing frequently criticised Czechia over alleged violations of the One China principle, including visits by Czech politicians to Taiwan and President Petr Pavel’s meeting with the Dalai Lama during celebrations marking his 90th birthday last year.