Czech Republic denies receiving Taiwan presidential overflight request

The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied claims that it rejected a request to allow an aircraft carrying Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te to cross Czech airspace.

TaiwanNews reported that President Lai had planned to visit Eswatini in April and after three African countries reportedly withdrew overflight permissions, Taipei sought to salvage the trip by securing clearance from European states. The news agency claims both the Czech Republic and Germany rejected the request after pressure from China. The official visit was ultimately cancelled.

Czech Foreign Ministry spokesman Adam Čörgő told the Czech News Agency that Prague had not received any such request from Taiwan.