Czech foreign minister praises role of V4 at Globsec

The Visegrad Four grouping of Central European states, which includes the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, provides a useful platform for deepening and improving mutual relations, Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček said at the Globsec conference in Bratislava on Thursday.

Mr. Petříček said that the organization had helped to achieve the post-communist states’ key goal in the 1990s, namely integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, and the present day priority was to make active use of membership in these institutions.

He described the Visegrad Group as a tool for strengthening contacts between peoples and supporting civil society. "Our interest is not only in our immediate neighborhood, but also in the wider EU neighborhood," he added.