Czech President suggests some European embassies not needed

President Václav Klaus has waded into the debate over cuts at the Foreign Ministry. Addressing Czech ambassadors on Wednesday, the President questioned the need for some European embassies. He said that he did not see the need for having embassies in many smaller EU states saying that such countries were not really foreign territory as such. With this in mind, he cautioned against proceeding headlong with cuts. So far the Foreign Ministry has announced the closure of embassies in the Congo, Venezuela, Kenya, Yemen and Costa Rica as part of the government’s overall cost cutting drive.